British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Research
The Classics Faculty welcomes enquiries from potential applicants for a range of post-doctoral programmes.
Archaeologists carry out first dig at tomb linked to King Arthur
Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have started a dig at a 5,000-year-old tomb linked to King Arthur, hoping to answer some of the mysteries surrounding the enigmatic site in the process.
Dogs came from two different populations of wolves
An international group of geneticists and archaeologists, led by the Francis Crick Institute, have found that the ancestry of dogs can be traced to at least two populations of ancient wolves.
A European Cultural Heritage mark to Ancient Nemea
The opening of the Nemean Games, the seventh event in the history of the revival of the ancient Panhellenic Games, was declared by Lina Mendoni.
New finds from the ancient cemeteries of Milos
The Cyclades Ephorate of Antiquities has designed and mounted a new archaeological exhibition in the foyer of the island’s renovated museum.
Monument of Episkopi, Sikynos, Greece wins European Heritage Award
Among this year’s winners is the Monument of Episkopi in Sikinos, Greece, in the category Conservation and Adaptive Reuse.
Romans brought mules with them
Genetic analyses by an international team involving researchers from the LMU and the State Collection show that the Romans were the first to bring mules to Central Europe.
Archaeology of Transformation: Changing Scapes
Here is the CFP for an upcoming TAG (Theoretical Archaeology Group)
workshop.
Bridging the Gaps: Interconnective Approaches to the Ancient World
This hybrid conference welcoms papers from student and early career researchers engaging with the ancient world of the Mediterranean.
The bronze inscribed tablets of Argos at the Epigraphic Museum
The tablets that came to light in 2000-2001 on a plot of land in Argos are part of the financial archive of the city.
Australia’s first marine Aboriginal archaeological site questioned
A new study from The University of Western Australia has challenged earlier claims that Aboriginal stone artifacts discovered off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia represent Australia's first undisturbed underwater archaeological site.
The restored part of the ancient theatre of Dodona opened to the public
The restored lower part of the auditorium/koilon of the ancient theatre of Dodona was opened to the public on Tuesday, June 21, World Music Day, with a big concert by the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
An age-old story: Farmers against pests
As early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields, as shown by the remains of mice and insects found in prehistoric wells by a Basel-led archaeological research team.
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thought
New dates for Australopithecus-bearing Sterkfontein Cave deposit places South African hominin fossils at the centre of global palaeo research.
New light on fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’
The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found.
Weizmann Institute scientists uncover 800,000 year-old traces of fire
Using advanced AI techniques, the researchers discover one of the earliest pieces of evidence for the use of fire.
Mummified baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Klondike
On June 21, 2022, a near complete, mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in the Klondike gold fields within Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory.
Luxurious estate and mosque uncovered in the City of Rahat in the Negev
A luxurious estate and a rare rural mosque – among the earliest known worldwide (over 1200 years old) were recently discovered in the city of Rahat in the Negev.
A short note on Roman copies from Praxitelean sculptures
Antonio Corso comments on an article about Praxitelean sculptures.
Funerary archaeology, art and architecture in Hellenistic and Roman times
This international workshop is addressed to postgraduate students from Greece and Egypt interested in the material culture of death in the eastern Mediterranean.
Research Fellowship 2022/23: Racism, Racialisation and Gender
UCL's Sarah Parker Remond Centre invites applications for a Research Fellowship 2022/23: Racism, Racialisation and Gender.
Syrago Tsiara is the new Head of the National Gallery, Athens
Syrago Tsiara is an art historian, curator and Director of MOMus - Museum of Contemporary Art ,Thessaloniki.
Portrait of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon is up for auction
The painting was the central panel in a triptych exhibited in 1965 in a travelling exhibition to Hamburg, Stockholm and Dublin.
Indigenous communities used the Caribbean Sea as an aquatic highway
The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, is the broadest of its kind yet conducted in the Greater Antilles and marks the first time that pottery artifacts from the Lucayan Islands.