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…

  1. New Exhibition, Website guide visitors through the Evolving Universe
  2. Exhibition explores the healing practices of the Ancient Greeks
  3. Galata exhibit reveals story of archaeology in the Ottoman Empire
  4. Mercati di Traiano celebrate Constantine the Great
  5. Secrets of 'Celtic princess of the Danube' revealed