The Great London [04/26/22] 

  • Travel: 'Defining beauty: The body in ancient Greek art' at the British Museum

    This spring the British Museum will stage a major exhibition on the human body in ancient Greek art, sponsored by Julius Baer.This exhibition will explore the Greek experience and its preoccupation with the human form. To the ancient Greeks the body was a thing of beauty and a bearer of meaning. The remarkable works of art in the …

  • Near East: Archaeologists to explore ancient city of Satala

    An application has been lodged with the Culture and Tourism Ministry to conduct a surface survey to investigate the ancient city of Satala, which served as a military headquarters in the Roman Empire in the northern Turkish province of Gümüşhane’s Kelkit district.A surface survey will be carried out in the ancient city of Satala, …

  • Kenya: 17 million-year-old whale fossil pinpoints date of East Africa's puzzling uplift

    Uplift associated with the Great Rift Valley of East Africa and the environmental changes it produced have puzzled scientists for decades because the timing and starting elevation have been poorly constrained.A 17 million-year-old whale fossil stranded far inland in Kenya now sheds light on the timing and starting elevation of Eas…

  • Forensics: Palaeolithic remains show cannibalistic habits of human ancestors

    Analysis of ancient cadavers recovered at a famous archaeological site confirm the existence of a sophisticated culture of butchering and carving human remains, according to a team of scientists from the Natural History Museum, University College London, and a number of Spanish universities.Human skull-cup uncovered in Gough's Cav…

  • Environment: Scientists predict extensive ice loss from huge Antarctic glacier

    Current rates of climate change could trigger instability in a major Antarctic glacier, ultimately leading to more than 2m of sea-level rise.The Totten Glacier front [Credit: Esmee van Wijk/Australian Antarctic Division]This is the conclusion of a new study looking at the future of Totten Glacier, a significant glacier in Antarcti…

  • Breaking News: Complex genetic ancestry of Americans uncovered

    By comparing the genes of current-day North and South Americans with African and European populations, an Oxford University study has found the genetic fingerprints of the slave trade and colonization that shaped migrations to the Americas hundreds of years ago.A 1770 painting showing Spanish, Peruvian and mixed-race people[Credit…

  1. Face of 5000 year old Iranian woman reconstructed
  2. Wolf Creek Indian Village digs into history
  3. Exhibition of the Golden Age of China: The Tang Dynasty at the Drents Museum
  4. Ancient Arabia re-interpreted: Part Three
  5. Ashmolean Museum's new Ancient Egyptian galleries: preview