The Great London [02/08/17] 

  • Exhibitions: Egyptian mummies virtually unwrapped in Australia

    The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology in a joint British-Australian exhibition.A young visitor looks at a 3D image of a CT scan of an Egyptian mummy, during a preview for a joint British-Australian exhib…

  • UK: Ancient Britons' teeth reveal people were 'highly mobile' 4,000 years ago

    Archaeologists have created a new database from the teeth of prehistoric humans found at ancient burial sites in Britain and Ireland that tell us a lot about their climate, their diet and even how far they may have travelled. In a paper, led by Dr Maura Pellegrini from the University of Oxford, researchers say that individuals in …

  • Japan: Unique Mosasaur fossil discovered in Japan

    An international research partnership is revealing the first mosasaur fossil of its kind to be discovered in Japan. Not only does the 72-million-year-old marine reptile fossil fill a biogeographical gap between the Middle East and the eastern Pacific, but also it holds new revelations because of its superior preservation. This uni…

  1. 'Leaving a Mark on History: Treasures from Greek Museums' at the National Archaeological Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
  2. "Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. 'Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China' at the Ringling Museum of Art, Florida
  4. Getty Museum presents "Gothic Grandeur": Manuscript illumination, 1200-1350
  5. Ancient Biblical artifacts make world premiere at Armstrong Auditorium