A new study using two radiocarbon dates puts Ahmose’s reign later than previously believed and places the Thera eruption 60-90 years earlier.
New excavations in Pompeii reveal that some slaves ate better than ordinary people.
A cuneiform tablet dating to the end of the 4th millennium BC was discovered at the Sumerian city of Niĝin (Tell Zurghul).
Archaeologists working at Blaundus in western Turkey have discovered a Roman stadium, temple, and more.
The Luwian Studies Foundation has published an up-to-date map of Luwian sites from the Middle and Late Bronze Ages.
“A pioneering robotic system is set to revolutionise the painstaking task of reassembling Pompeii’s ancient Roman frescoes.”
Iraq is planning a $14 million renovation of the ancient city of Ur.
New release in open-access: The Social Context of Writing Practices in Late Bronze Age Ugarit, by Philip J. Boyes (Oxbow, £50; open-access)
A one-minute BBC video explains that the reason why Roman buildings last for millennia is the type of concrete they used.
Tickets to the Louvre are increasing sharply for non-Europeans.
HT: Agade, Joseph Lauer, Explorator, Baruch Kvasnica, Paleojudaica, Wayne Stiles