Archaeology & Arts
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- Website dedicated to archaeology, the arts, and cultural heritage.
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- News, reviews, opinion articles, event calendar, archive of the journal Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες.
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- Bilingual: Greek/ English
- News, reviews, opinion articles, event calendar, archive of the journal Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες.
- News reports and articles not endorsements
Experts have managed to read texts once written on 85 Roman wax tablet fragments discovered in Tongeren, Belgium, as half of them preserve identifiable traces of writing. #archaeology, #writing
When writing fades but meaning endures
Previously unreadable writing preserved on the wooden remains of Roman wax tablets discovered in Tongeren, Belgium has been identified.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Experts have managed to read texts once written on 85 Roman wax tablet fragments discovered in Tongeren, Belgium, as half of them preserve identifiable traces of writing. #archaeology, #writing
Snapshots of life in #graffiti emerge thanks to advanced technology in #Pompeii. Finds include the love story of a woman named Erato, Erato Amat… (Erato loves…), and a scene of gladiatorial combat.
Pompeii: Scenes of gladiators and love stories
Stories of real life, love, passion, insults and sporting slogans are beginning to emerge at Pompeii thanks to technology.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Roman fake news: mini conference at the Netherlands Institute at Athens on Monday, January 26 www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Roman fake news
The conference focuses on Roman fake news in early imperial times, from the first to the third centuries CE.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Roman fake news: mini conference at the Netherlands Institute at Athens on Monday, January 26 www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Smarter axes hint at early forms of #speech, as researchers suggest that the transmission of improved techniques and the need to teach them could indicate that certain #StoneAge groups were using complex forms of communication, such as early speech‑like systems.
Smarter axes hint to early forms of speech
The sudden rise in craftsmanship may reflect early forms of spoken communication — and the social learning that made it possible.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:10 AM
#Exhibition in Venice on the concept of the sacred in the #Etruscan world, through the many forms and expressions of worship connected with water. #cult, #archaeology
Etruschi e Veneti. Acque, culti e santuari
The exhibition's starting point is the concept of the sacred in the Etruscan world, examining all forms of worship connected with water.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM
#Exhibition in Venice on the concept of the sacred in the #Etruscan world, through the many forms and expressions of worship connected with water. #cult, #archaeology
The House of Griffins is one of the oldest and finest residences on Palatine Hill in #Rome, known for its perfectly preserved frescoes and mosaics. #archaeology
The ‘House of Griffins’ opens with livestream tours
Beginning in March, the Colosseum Archaeological Park is opening the House of Griffins to the public, via livestream video.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The House of Griffins is one of the oldest and finest residences on Palatine Hill in #Rome, known for its perfectly preserved frescoes and mosaics. #archaeology
Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor. Wells providing water to the city's Republican (pre-Augustus) baths tapped into highly mineralized groundwater from volcanic deposits, which was not ideally drinkable, and it was only changed once a day. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor. Wells providing water to the city's Republican (pre-Augustus) baths tapped into highly mineralized groundwater from volcanic deposits, which was not ideally drinkable, and it was only changed once a day. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Rare 5th-century BC bone #stylus found intact in Gela, #Sicily. The top of the stylus features a carved male head interpreted as #Dionysus, fashioned in the style of a herm. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Rare 5th-century BC bone #stylus found intact in Gela, #Sicily. The top of the stylus features a carved male head interpreted as #Dionysus, fashioned in the style of a herm. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Whale hunting in South America began a millennium earlier than previously thought. Groups in the region of Babitonga Bay (Santa Catarina) developed specialized technologies for hunting large whales 5,000 years ago. #archaeology, #Brazil www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
January 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Whale hunting in South America began a millennium earlier than previously thought. Groups in the region of Babitonga Bay (Santa Catarina) developed specialized technologies for hunting large whales 5,000 years ago. #archaeology, #Brazil www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
#Migration into #England was continuous from the #Romans through to the Normans, and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
#Migration into #England was continuous from the #Romans through to the Normans, and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Archaeologists in #Cyprus excavate a sanctuary-turned-coppersmiths' settlement. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Cyprus: Life at the Furnace-project
This season’s work focused partly on the small, cultivated plateau immediately north of the village of Agia Marina Xyliatou.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Archaeologists in #Cyprus excavate a sanctuary-turned-coppersmiths' settlement. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
CCC 2026: Children of a Lesser God?
Panel of the Celtic Conference in Classics (Maynooth University, 14-17 July 2026), www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Panel of the Celtic Conference in Classics (Maynooth University, 14-17 July 2026), www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
CCC 2026: Children of a Lesser God?
This panel will continue work initiated at the Classical Association Annual Meeting in 2025 (University of St. Andrews).
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January 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
CCC 2026: Children of a Lesser God?
Panel of the Celtic Conference in Classics (Maynooth University, 14-17 July 2026), www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
Panel of the Celtic Conference in Classics (Maynooth University, 14-17 July 2026), www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/01...
LuwianSiteAtlas, the first interoperable, georeferenced catalog of settlement sites in Western Anatolia. It brings together what linked the #Aegean with the #Hittites. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
Nature Scientific Data publishes LuwianSiteAtlas
A new, freely accessible dataset documenting 483 archaeological sites from the Middle and Late Bronze Age in western Anatolia.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
LuwianSiteAtlas, the first interoperable, georeferenced catalog of settlement sites in Western Anatolia. It brings together what linked the #Aegean with the #Hittites. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
Two colossal statues of #Amenhotep III were restored to their original position at the Pharaoh's mortuary Temple at Kom el Hetan. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
Two colossal statues of Amenhotep III unveiled
Two colossal alabaster statues of King Amenhotep III have been reinstalled at their original location in his mortuary temple.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Two colossal statues of #Amenhotep III were restored to their original position at the Pharaoh's mortuary Temple at Kom el Hetan. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
A Māori cloak will go on display in #Aotearoa as part of a new partnership between #Durham University and Auckland War Memorial Museum. #maori www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A Māori cloak will go on display in #Aotearoa as part of a new partnership between #Durham University and Auckland War Memorial Museum. #maori www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
Three coin hoards found in northern #France. The three amphorae, containing around 40000 coins—antoniniani (radiates)—of the period of AD 260-280, were discovered by Inrap in Senon, France. Among issuers, Victorinus, Tetricus I, and Tetricus II. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Three coin hoards found in northern #France. The three amphorae, containing around 40000 coins—antoniniani (radiates)—of the period of AD 260-280, were discovered by Inrap in Senon, France. Among issuers, Victorinus, Tetricus I, and Tetricus II. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/12...
#Archaeologists digging in ancient Roman Cillium (Kasserine) on the border of #Tunisia with Algeria, brought to light the second-largest #Roman #olive oil mill in the Roman Empire.
Large Roman olive press found in Tunisia
In the Kasserine region of Tunisia archaeologists brought to light the second-largest Roman olive oil mill in the Roman Empire.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
#Archaeologists digging in ancient Roman Cillium (Kasserine) on the border of #Tunisia with Algeria, brought to light the second-largest #Roman #olive oil mill in the Roman Empire.
Research on cities and micro-regions in the #ancient Mediterranean will be presented via DAI. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Research on cities and micro-regions in the #ancient Mediterranean will be presented via DAI. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/11...
#Cfp. PhD candidates, recent PhD graduates, postdoc researchers, master’s students, and recent graduates are invited to submit an abstract of 200–250 words by 18 January 2026 #archaeology
Ricerche a Confronto 2026
CfP for the XX cycle of the seminar series entitled 'Reproposals and Republications of Legislative Acts in the Ancient Mediterranean'.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#Cfp. PhD candidates, recent PhD graduates, postdoc researchers, master’s students, and recent graduates are invited to submit an abstract of 200–250 words by 18 January 2026 #archaeology
Study reconstructs the subsistence strategies of the hunter-gatherers who occupied the Serra dos Ancares in Galicia, #Spain, between 18,720 and 16,680 years ago. #prehistory, #archaeology, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/11...
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Study reconstructs the subsistence strategies of the hunter-gatherers who occupied the Serra dos Ancares in Galicia, #Spain, between 18,720 and 16,680 years ago. #prehistory, #archaeology, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/11...
#Archaeologists in #Kazakhstan unearthed what was likely a major regional hub for large-scale bronze production more than 3,500 years ago. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/11...
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#Archaeologists in #Kazakhstan unearthed what was likely a major regional hub for large-scale bronze production more than 3,500 years ago. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/11...
PhD opportunities in #Classics and #AncientHistory at Warwick. Interested students seeking a funded PhD should contact a potential supervisor or Prof. Caroline Petit to discuss and develop project proposals. #Apply till 11 Dec. for funding and till 8 Dec for a place at the University.
PhD opportunities in Classics and Ancient History at Warwick
The Classics and Ancient History Department at Warwick is seeking expressions of interest for students looking to undertake doctoral study.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
PhD opportunities in #Classics and #AncientHistory at Warwick. Interested students seeking a funded PhD should contact a potential supervisor or Prof. Caroline Petit to discuss and develop project proposals. #Apply till 11 Dec. for funding and till 8 Dec for a place at the University.
The Peebles Hoard, a unique Bronze Age find in Scotland. Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE), it contains several hundred elements from a complex set of objects. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...
National Museums of Scotland: The Peebles Hoard
Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE), it contains several hundred elements from a complex set of objects.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Peebles Hoard, a unique Bronze Age find in Scotland. Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE), it contains several hundred elements from a complex set of objects. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...
