The Great London [05/13/22] 

  • Greater Middle East: Ancient papyri deciphered by armchair archaeologists

    A project for the deciphering of ancient papyri found in Graeco-Roman Egypt has recruited armchair archaeologists from around the world with amazing results.Half a million papyrus fragments were found [Credit: The Egypt Exploration Society]The Ancient Lives project is a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Egypt Exp…

  • Southern Europe: Getty Museum returns head of Greek statue to Italy

    The head of an ancient Greek statue of extraordinary artistic and historical value will finally arrive back in Italy on Friday – almost three decades after being illegally ripped from the ground.The terracotta head of the Greek god Hades [Credit: MiBACT]The stunning statue had been on display at the J.Paul Getty museum in Los Ange…