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Bronze Age cymbals from Dahwa: Indus musical traditions in Oman

Bronze Age cymbals from Dahwa: Indus musical traditions in Oman

The authors present a pair of third-millennium BC copper cymbals, excavated at Dahwa, Oman.
Dinosaurs’ decline prior to asteroid may be due to poor fossil record

Dinosaurs’ decline prior to asteroid may be due to poor fossil record

The study analysed the fossil record of North America in the 18 million years up to the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Painted altar adds new context to mysterious Maya history

Painted altar adds new context to mysterious Maya history

A newly discovered altar is shedding new light on the 1,600-year-old tensions between Tikal and the central Mexican capital of Teotihuacan.
Oldest vanilla in Europe identified

Oldest vanilla in Europe identified

The subject of the new study is a vanilla pod discovered in the infill of the floor vault of the Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle.
Mamluks, 1250-1517 at the Louvre

Mamluks, 1250-1517 at the Louvre

Recounting the unique, glorious history of an Egypto-Syrian empire that brought about a golden age in the Near East during the Islamic period.
Country Lives exhibition in Nottingham

Country Lives exhibition in Nottingham

This exhibition, opening April 10th at Lakeside Arts, explores varied themes including work, leisure, health and access to the countryside.
Figuring Death in Classical Athens

Figuring Death in Classical Athens

The book pulls together exemplary texts and objects and makes each accessible to readers from multiple sub-disciplines.
Symposium: Balkan and Aegean artistic identities

Symposium: Balkan and Aegean artistic identities

The symposium aims to shed light on the artistic and cultural identities that flourished in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Balkans and Aegean.
University of Crete, Summer School in Classics 2025

University of Crete, Summer School in Classics 2025

The Organising Committee of the Summer School in Classics at Rethymnon offers partial bursaries for students to attend the 2nd Summer School.
Modern magic unlocks Merlin’s medieval secrets

Modern magic unlocks Merlin’s medieval secrets

Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from c. 1300 have been discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project.
New Discoveries at the Ramesseum in Luxor

New Discoveries at the Ramesseum in Luxor

Archaeologists have uncovered tombs, storage areas but also the site of a temple school!
A funerary relief from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno

A funerary relief from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno

A funerary relief showing the almost life-size figures of a couple from a tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno has been discovered.
Children participated in cave paintings

Children participated in cave paintings

Why did ancient humans bring their young children to cave painting sites, deep underground and through dark, meandering, hazardous passages?
First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered

First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered

A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara more than 7,000 years ago.
Modelling the demography of agricultural transitions

Modelling the demography of agricultural transitions

Using a mathematical model, researchers have identified potential societal impacts based on demographic changes.
Clay jug painted with camel unearthed in Yatir Forest excavations

Clay jug painted with camel unearthed in Yatir Forest excavations

The discovery was made during works to improve accessibility to the site, an initiative by the Jewish National Fund-KKL.
Renowned archaeologist Georgios Korres passed away

Renowned archaeologist Georgios Korres passed away

Renowned Greek archaeologist and academic Georgios S. Korres passed away on Monday, March 31, 2025, at the age of 85.
Even the common people drank wine in Troy

Even the common people drank wine in Troy

Chemical analysis yields first evidence of wine from depas goblets – and the upper classes were not alone in enjoying such luxuries.
Studentship in Roman History or Latin Language and Literature

Studentship in Roman History or Latin Language and Literature

The Department of Classics at the University of Reading invites applications for a funded PhD studentship on Roman History and/or Latin Language and Literature.
Assessing the Sacred Significance of Figurative Terracottas

Assessing the Sacred Significance of Figurative Terracottas

The AIA Colloquium addresses the varied conditions that might lead to the inference that a terracotta was invested with religious meaning.
Oxford University Numismatics Society Graduate Colloquium

Oxford University Numismatics Society Graduate Colloquium

Abstracts for the Oxford University Numismatics Society’s termly Inter-Institutional Graduate Colloquium are to be sent by 7th May.
Abydos tomb: Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists report

Abydos tomb: Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists report

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists discovered the massive tomb of an unnamed pharaoh at the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain.
Making Memories in Ancient Egypt

Making Memories in Ancient Egypt

An up-to-date introduction to memory studies in Egyptology, this book invites the reader to rethink how and why memory matters.
Workshop for cultural heritage caretakers

Workshop for cultural heritage caretakers

Call for Papers issued by the EAA for a conference, which will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on September 3-6, 2025.
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