Melbourne Museum’s major exhibition tells us as much about how we look at this complicated culture as the culture itself.

Archeologists warn AI summaries can repeat false claims about 12,000-year-old rock art from Western Australia’s Kimberley region being painted by aliens

Cyprus’ traditional wooden doors reveal clues about architecture, wealth and identity while preserving skills and craftsmanship at risk of being lost

About 40 years ago, researchers found ancient ship carvings on a temple wall in Cyprus, possibly all carved at once at the tail end of the Bronze Age, around the time of the infamous Bronze Age collap...

Picture this: the centuries-old stone walls of Paphos Castle, which once knew Venetian and Ottoman rulers, suddenly coming alive to the sound of music — and instead of guards, ballet dancers turning p...

Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines A mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek temple that overlooks Athens. Scholars have marvelled at the building on the Acropolis hill for more than 2,000 years and heaped praise on its architects for their clever use of geometry. Its subtle curves are said to correct optical illusions that would have otherwise ruined the Parthenon’s clean lines. Continue reading...

Researchers say Tasmanian devils lived alongside humans in WA's arid Pilbara for tens of thousands of years, and the arrival of the dingo may have disrupted that relationship.

Antiquities from Cyprus will be exhibited for the first time outside of the country in the autumn exhibition at the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum’s The Making of a Goddess exhibition startin...

New study identifies twelve resin-mounted wallaby incisors in a Cape York rockshelter, the first ornaments of their kind found outside a burial in northeast Australia

Limassol's tourism development company is creating digital reconstructions of the Kourion archaeological site using 3D models and AI, letting visitors see monuments as they once stood.

The new volume, Digging into Pottery Scientific Approaches to Archaeological Ceramic Analysis Around the World, will be officially launched at the upcoming IoA Ceramic Analysis Day.

Hundreds of university staff were stationed at picket lines, calling for stronger protections around the use of AI * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The same week union members at the University of Sydney agreed to a 24-hour strike, staff received the results of an internal survey. In the faculty of arts and social sciences, 0% agreed with the statement: “I trust the University of Sydney to act in the best interests of staff, students and the broader community.” Continue reading...

Italian archaeologists have uncovered a large central building at ancient Erimi in Cyprus, with carved thresholds resembling ancient senet board games among the finds.

Every day we see items that eventually become recognisable images – in tourist shops, on postage stamps, on official logos – yet their origins elude us. A trip to the Cyprus Museum can fix that. With ...

From Blue Peter to Bluey, and all points in between, this is the definitive list of classic children’s entertainment

A scientifically accurate replica of the monumental head of Aphrodite of Lefkolla has been installed at the Paralimni-Dherynia town hall in a specially constructed museum showcase. The exhibition disp...

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Napried Exploration aims to locate the 1872 wreck and return its cargo of Cypriot antiquities to the island.

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Archaeologists discovered the roughly 2,500-year-old sculpture of a young man while conducting excavations at Sardis in western Turkey. The artwork reflects the different cultures that wielded control...

Two restoration projects are under way on Nicosia’s medieval walls, with work on the Podocataro Bastion expected to be completed by November, the Department of Antiquities told the Cyprus Mail on Mond...

Rome’s ancient Nero’s Bridge has reemerged from the Tiber River as exceptionally low water levels expose parts of the historic structure near St. Peter’s Basilica.

A Roman dolium and the remains of a possible wooden shipwreck have been discovered during underwater archaeological surveys off