Greece slams British Museum over celebrity-filled fundraising dinner amid Parthenon Sculptures
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said the event was “offensive to cultural goods and endangers the exhibits themselves”.
Archaeology
Spanish tourist rescued after fall 80 meters inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid
Digital archaeology reveals elite towers at Pompeii's House of the Tiaso
Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard
How mean was this new Argentine dinosaur? It had a croc leg in its jaws
Joaquinraptor probably fed on plant-eating dinosaurs including juveniles of the enormous long-necked titanosaurs that populated the area, duck-billed hadrosaurs and possibly others.
Lion-headed stone found at Bathonea points to late antique olive oil and wine production hub
A carved limestone block bearing a lion-head spout emerged from the soil of Bathonea, the ancient harbor city on the northern shore of Istanbul’s Lake Küçükçekmece.
Ancient lead exposure may have given Homo sapiens a genetic shield
Researchers found lead bands in 73 percent of 51 fossilized teeth spanning two million years of hominin history.
Seven Roman soldiers found in a mass grave in well, likely casualties of the CE 260 Battle of Mursa
Isotopic and DNA evidence indicate nonlocal origins, plant-heavy diets, respiratory infection, and combat injuries.
British Museum launches £3.5 million bid to secure Henry VIII Tudor Heart pendant found by café own
A 24 carat gold jewel, engraved with the initials h and k and linked to Catherine of Aragon’s 1518 tournament, was unearthed by metal detectorist Charlie Clarke.
Ancient human skull dating to 2,300 BCE discovered on Indiana's Whitewater River bank
“This discovery is a powerful and humbling reminder that people have walked this land for millennia,” said Fayette County Coroner Eddie Richardson.
Ancient Roman bronze 'ghost of the banquet' skeleton revealed as rare party favor of death today
Only twelve examples of the larva convivialis are known, with the 2.6 inch figurine now housed at Getty Villa in Los Angeles.
Ancient Roman site reveals early humans butchered straight-tusked elephant and crafted bone tools
Volcanic ash deposits above and below the bones at Casal Lumbroso date the carcass to around 404,000 years ago, during a warm Middle Pleistocene phase.
Three-century-old manuscript resurfaces, rewriting Columbus lore
The 39-folio manuscript includes unpublished passages and will receive a critical edition that illuminates Columbus's political portrayal in early eighteenth-century Spain.
Worm digger near Stockholm uncovers early medieval hoard of up to 20,000 silver coins
The six kilogram trove, hidden in a decayed copper cauldron, includes rare twelfth century bishop coins and jewelry, according to the county administrative board.
