New Archaeological Museum at Chania (Crete)
A new archaeological museum at Chania will be constructed by the end of 2013.
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Neanderthals ate their greens
It just goes to show what can happen if you don’t brush your teeth: some anthropologist can tip up thousands of years later and start making disparaging remarks about your diet. A study of Neanderthal teeth from Iraq and Belgium has indicated that they didn’t, as previously believed, have a diet consisting almost entirely of meat.
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Swedish scientists study ice man bacteria samples
The Local, 22/12/2010
A team of scientists are currently examining specimens of stomach bacteria from Ötzi the Iceman, who lived about 5,300 years ago, at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute (KI).
Living rock art
Antiquity 84, December 2010
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Cambridge Keros Project (2009)
2009 was a period of intense study for the Cambridge Keros Project, which completed its excavation phase in 2008. In-field study of the pottery – which continued without break through the winter to completion in September 2009 – has clarified the ceramic phases of the excavation as well as the relationship between the two sites excavated – the ritual deposit
Kentro – The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete (Fall 2010)
Mrs Marianna Vardinoyannis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, launches her new book entitled ‘Labouring with the challenges of female identity: Insights into the Minoan society’
UNESCO, 23-12-2010
On 14 December 2010, Mrs Marianna Vardinoyannis, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, launched her new book entitled Labouring with the challenges of female identity: Insights into the Minoan society at a ceremony that took place at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris. The book focuses on the position and the roles of women in society from the earliest prehistory until the end of
8000 year-old Sun temple found in Bulgaria
The Sophia Echo, 15/12/2010
The oldest temple of the Sun has been discovered in northwest Bulgaria, near the town of Vratsa, aged at more then 8000 years, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on December 15 2010. The Bulgarian ‘Stonehenge’ is hence about 3000 years older than its illustrious English counterpart. But unlike its more renowned English cousin, the Bulgarian sun temple was not
Οβριόκαστρο: σκουπίδια να γίνει;
Ν. Kontrarou-Rassia, Ελευθεροτυπία, 20/12/2010
Στα όρια του αρχαιολογικού χώρου του Οβριοκάστρου στην Κερατέα έχει χωροθετηθεί από το 2003 από το ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ ένας Χώρος Υγειονομικής Ταφής Απορριμμάτων. Προηγουμένως είχε ζητηθεί η άποψη του εφόρου Αρχαιοτήτων της περιοχής (Γ. Σταϊνχάουερ), ο οποίος τους είχε πει ότι δεν θίγονται οι αρχαιότητες. Εκτοτε, άνοιξε πόλεμος μεταξύ των αρμόδιων υπηρεσιών του κράτους και του Δήμου Κερατέας, που αντιτίθεται στο
Γκράφιτι στην Eποχή του Σιδήρου
G. Apostolidis, Έθνος, 16/12/2010
H πανάρχαια ιστορία που είναι χαραγμένη στους βράχους της Mακεδονίας αναδύεται στην επιφάνεια του επιστημονικού ενδιαφέροντος και περιμένει εκείνους που θα έχουν την υπομονή να ξεκλειδώσουν τα μυστικά της. Ψηλά σε έναν λόφο στην περιοχή των Φιλίππων της Kαβάλας, μια σειρά βραχογραφίες αποτυπώνουν τη ζωή και το πνεύμα των ανθρώπων της Eποχής του Xαλκού και του Σιδήρου. Για δεκαετίες οι
Fossilised finger points to previously unknown group of human relatives
Ian Sample, Guardian, 22/12/2010
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A fossilised little finger discovered in a cave in the mountains of southern Siberia belonged to a young girl from an unknown group of archaic humans, scientists say. The missing human relatives are thought to have inhabited much of Asia as recently as 30,000 years ago, and so shared the land with early modern humans and Neanderthals. The new ancestors
Yannis Sakellarakis Museum
The Municipality of Archanes decided that a new archaeological museum which will be built by the Municipality, as well as a road close to the archaeological site “Tourkogeitonia”, will have the name of the archaeologist Yannis Sakellarakis, who died recently.
Neanderthal ‘Family’ Possibly Victim of Cannibal Attack
Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience, 22/12/2010
The remains of a possible family group of Neanderthals, including an infant, were discovered in a cave in Spain, researchers reported this week. The bones of the 12 individuals show signs of cannibalism, suggesting another Neanderthal group came along and chowed down on the meat. This group of Neanderthals died some 49,000 years ago, the research suggests. Shortly after, a
Neanderthals Fashioned Earliest Tool Made From Human Bone
Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor, 15/12/2010
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The earliest known tool made from human bone has been discovered — and it was apparently crafted by Neanderthals, scientists find. The scientists note that as of yet, they have no way to prove or disprove whether the Neanderthals who made the tool did so intentionally — for instance, for rituals or after cannibalization. Until now, the first evidence that
Lucky duck! Spanish Bronze Age man suffered broken bone in neck – and lived
Owen Jarus, Unreported Heritage News, 17/12/2010
Archaeologists exploring a Bronze Age fortress at La Motilla del Azuer, in Spain, have come across a very lucky man. One of the skeletons is of a man that lived more than 3,400 years ago and suffered a broken hyoid bone, likely caused by a blow to his neck.The hyoid bone is a horseshoe shaped object located at the root of