British Museum announces major exhibition on hieroglyphs, 200 years after the language was deciphered
The genetic origins of the world’s first farmers is being clarified by a new study, published on the Cell journal
Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date, as they find that the eruption in 1628 B.C. was due to the Alaskan volcano Aniakchak II
The Australian historical archivist Liam D. Jensen, AKA The Lego Classicist, has revealed the 100th entry: the British star Stephen Fry
Named the ‘Temple of Augustus’, possibly as a reference to the King’s full name, George Augustus Frederick, the site consisted of the 15 columns arranged in a semi-circle, and 2 parallel colonnades
The ancient Greeks used the onomatopoeic term “barbarian” (in ancient Greek: βάρβαρος, bárbaros), literally “stutterer”, to indicate the foreigner
Archaeologists found the two beehive-shaped tombs in Pylos, Greece, while investigating the area around the grave of the “Griffin Warrior”
Some of the deceased at the Levänluhta water burial site were accompanied by arm rings and necklaces made out of copper alloy, bronze or brass
A new research reveals aspects of the drinking and dietary habits of the Celts who lived in Central Europe in the first millennium BCE
More than 30 ancient graves have been uncovered by archaeologists and students of the University of Basel in Francavilla Marittima
