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Panagiotis Georgoudis, Ελευθεροτυπία, 24/12/2009
Στα κρητικά ιερογλυφικά, γραφή που υπάρχει από το 2000 π.Χ. στη Μινωική Κρήτη, βρίσκονται στοιχεία της ελληνικής γλώσσας αυτούσια. Πρόκειται για δεδομένο το οποίο καταδεικνύει πως οι Ελληνες υπήρχαν στην Κρήτη τουλάχιστον από την αρχή του μινωικού πολιτισμού, γεγονόςπου το επιβεβαιώνει το σύνολο των σοβαρών ιστορικών πηγών. Η εν λόγω διαπίστωση του μελετητή των Αιγαιακών γραφών, Μηνά Τσικριτσή, είναι αυτοτελώς
BBC NEWS, 09/01/2010
Scientists claim to have the first persuasive evidence that Neanderthals wore “body paint” 50,000 years ago. The team report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that shells containing pigment residues were Neanderthal make-up containers. Scientists unearthed the shells at two archaeological sites in the Murcia province of southern Spain. The team says its find buries “the view
Έθνος, 18/01/2010
The first small wooden boat found in the Balkans was discovered in the shore of the Great Prespa lake. It is believed that there are many more discoveries to be made in this region and they will enrich what we know about prehistoric sites in the region.
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Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer. Studying the DNA of long-dead humans can open up a window into the evolution of our species (Homo sapiens). But previous studies of this kind have been hampered by scientists’ inability to distinguish between the ancient human DNA and modern contamination.
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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
New light in the origin of the raw material of the gold objects of the Mycenaean period that have been excavated in the region of Volos has been shed after the laboratory analysis that took place at the Louvre Museum last October.
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Dr. Katerina Harvati is well known for her revolutionary research work, which gives the most convincing answers so far to all the questions regarding the evolution of the early modern human. The American Association of the Advancement of Science- AAAS Council elected 531 members as Fellows of AAAS, whereby Dr. Harvati is being recognized, along with other fellows for their
Elsa Spyridopoulou, Μακεδονία, 13/12/2009
Professor G. Hourmouziadis has given an interview to Elsa Spyridopoulou about his excavations at the Neolithic settlement of Dispilio.
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N. Kontrarou-Rassia, Ελευθεροτυπία, 8-12-2009
Chania is believed to have been a palatial centre possibly like Phaistos and Knossos. This opinion is supported by the recent rescue excavations that have taken place around the modern city of Chania, which has been built over the ancient one.
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On 16 November the Ephore I. Tsirigoti-Drakotou gave a paper on the recent excavations of the 2nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities in Attica. Among the others, the excavations brought to light new Neolithic architectural remains at Paiania and Kato Kiffisia (Athens), two Late Bronze Age chamber tombs at Glyka Nera with impressive finds including 17 vases, a bronze
Maria Thermou, Το Βήμα, 13/11/2009
Η αποκάλυψη, στη διάρκεια ανασκαφών στη Ζώμινθο της Κρήτης, του πρώτου μινωικού κέντρου που έχει εντοπιστεί ως σήμερα σε βουνό έγινε πρωτοσέλιδη είδηση σε αμερικανικό αρχαιολογικό (και διαδικτυακό) περιοδικό
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University of Haifa, Communications and Media Relations
The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, characterized by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others of Aegean style that have been uncovered during earlier seasons at the Canaanite palace in Kabri. “It was, without doubt, a
