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. The Lapita: Oceanic Ancestors exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris
  2. Bulgaria to unveil 10,000 unique archaeology treasures
  3. Public to see limestone box that may have been casket for Jesus’ brother
  4. 'Rhodes: A Greek Island and Gateway to the East' at the Louvre
  5. Ancient tablets reveal mathematical achievements of ancient Babylonian culture