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Art Movements  HyperallergicCheng Ran and Cameron Rowland are the inaugural winners of the Nomura Emerging Artist Award, legendary Modernist architect IM Pei passed away, and ... […]

Daily headlines - Thursday, 23 May  STA - Slovenska Tiskovna AgencijaBelow is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 23 May: […]

WATCH: What are these mysterious mounds on Aughris Head?  Independent.ieWhat are those mysterious mounds on Sligo's Aughris Head? […]

Chichester’s Roman Week is making a big time travelling return  Chichester ObserverPreparations are underway as Roman Week returns to Chichester for a week of historical fun for all. […]

Rare Laelianus coin discovered on A14 dig | Huntingdon and St Neots News - The Hunts Post  Hunts PostAn extremely rare coin showing a Roman emperor who only reigned for two months has been discovered by archaeologists working on the upgrade of the A14 ... […]

Congratulations to our 2019 Folk Studies & Anthropology Grads and Award Winners!  WKU NewsOn May 10th the Department of Folk Studies & Anthropology celebrated our graduates with an awards and hooding ceremony and reception at the Kentucky ... […]

UT's Fulbright Success Continues: 17 Students Offered Awards for 2019–20  Tennessee TodayUT is looking at another blockbuster year for Fulbright Student awards, with 17 current students and recent graduates offered fellowships and another eight ... […]

Vote now: the 2019 Rolex Awards for Enterprise | The Week Portfolio  The Week UKAt Portfolio we bring you the exclusive insights of the world's leading designers, creators, chefs, artists, critics and connoisseurs. […]

Tibbitts winners share love of teaching ... and of long, hard-working summers  Nevada TodayTibbitts Award winner Ann-Marie Vollstedt of the College of Engineering was presented her award during the middle of class. Below: Vollstedt pictured with ... […]

SIU funds more than 30 undergraduate researchers with REACH, Tedrick grants  SIU NewsCARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale has awarded undergraduate research grants to more than 30 students, all of whom will work on a ... […]

Chamber awards scholarship  Daily Journal OnlineThe Park Hills-Leadington Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently announced the recipient of the 2019 Chamber Scholarship. […]

Award-Winning Adults Only Tour At Historic St. Mary's City | Southern Maryland News Net  Southern Maryland News NetOn May 14, 2019, Historic St. Mary's City registration opened for the July 6 Adults Only tour of the Plantation. There are two scheduled times: 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 ... […]

A tribute  GazetteBy all accounts, the archaeologist Jim Tuck, who died suddenly on May 10, was a giant of a man. […]

Religion Professor Casey Elledge Wins Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award  Gustavus Adolphus College NewsReligion professor Dr. Casey Elledge was named the winner of the 2019 Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award at Gustavus Adolphus College's Honors Day ... […]

Pioneering Mesopotamia scholar to receive one of University's highest alumni honors  UChicago NewsRenowned Mesopotamian scholar Piotr Steinkeller, PhD'77, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Alumni Medal, one of the highest alumni honors awarded ... […]

Sarasota Co. honors Julia Cousins Laning for preserving Venice history  yoursun.comVENICE — Julia Cousins Laning gave $1 million to help preserve the history of Venice. […]

7 Projects Announced as Winners of 2019 Archiprix International / Hunter Douglas Awards  ArchDaily321 graduation projects designed by 407 young architects, landscape architects and urban designers were submitted for the 2019 Archiprix International ... […]

NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2019 winners announced; Griffiths wins book of the year  Books+PublishingPurchase a subscription to view job ads and other premium *content* on Books+Publishing. […]

Community Foundation of Greater New Haven honors Kara Straun with emerging leader award  New Haven RegisterNEW HAVEN — The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven's (The Foundation) Kara Straun receives the Association of Black Foundation Executives' ... […]

History of Aboriginal archaeology wins Book of the Year at NSW Premier's Literary Awards  ABC NewsBilly Griffiths' Deep Time Dreaming, which charts a revolution in how we understand Australian history, wins Book of the Year at the NSW Premier's Literary ... […]

Wooden Shield Dating to Iron Age Discovered in England  ArchaeologyLEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Guardian, a 2,300-year-old wooden shield was discovered in a waterlogged pit in England's ... […]

Archaeology Center discovers vandalism at protected Cornville site  Verde IndependentVerde Valley Archaeology Center Site Watch volunteers discovered active vandalism at a site on the Coconino National Forest in Cornville as evidenced by ... […]

Unique Iron Age shield gives insight into ancient technology  HeritageDailyA unique bark shield, thought to have been constructed with wooden laths during the Iron Age, has provided new insight into the construction and design of ... […]

Archaeological surveys revealed 'historic remains' at proposed subdivision  Suffolk TimesCloser Look podcast brought to you by: The Southold Town Planning Board is moving forward cautiously with the proposed Tuthill conservation. […]

Election Hours | Around Greece | May 26 & June 2 | What's On  www.ekathimerini.comAs a result of the local government and European Parliament elections taking place on Sunday, May 26, readers are advised that some museums and ... […]

Early Modern Humans Cooked and Ate Starchy Food | Archaeology, Paleoanthropology  Sci-News.comAn international team of researchers has found numerous fragments of charred starch plant tissues in 120000-year-old hearths at the archaeological site of ... […]

Confronting the limits of material properties: From kitty litter to granite in the archaeology of nuclear waste  MENAFN.COM(MENAFN - The Conversation) How can we ensure that people in the distant future do not excavate hazardous waste that we are burying today, produced from ... […]

'Extraordinary archaeological find': Last known US slave ship found in Alabama  USA TODAYThe Clotilda, the last known slave ship to come to the United States, has been found nearly 160 years after its illegal voyage to Alabama. […]

Peru is building a new international airport near Machu Picchu – and archaeologists are worried  World Economic ForumThe bulldozers arrived in January to clear the site of Peru's newest and most controversial airport. Chinchero International, which is expected to shuttle five ... […]

Saudi underwater archaeologist unearths maritime links with China  CGTNIn Saudi Arabia, a young archaeologist has been assiduously applying what he learned in China towards discovering and preserving cultural heritage of his ... […]

Review – Durovigutum: Roman Godmanchester  Current ArchaeologyDuring the latter part of the 20th century, there was a large flurry of archaeological fieldwork in our towns and cities. Much of this work was undertaken before the ... […]

Review – Avanke, Bever, Castor: the story of beavers in Wales  Current ArchaeologyIn this fascinating book, Bryony Coles charts the history of beavers in Wales, from their earliest evidence dating to the Ice Age (found in Pontnewydd Cave in ... […]

Review – 'Our Lincolnshire': exploring public engagement with heritage  Current ArchaeologyCarenza Lewis, Anna Scott, Anna Cruse, Raf Nicholson, and Dominic Symonds Archaeopress, £55. ISBN 978-1789691306. Review Penelope Foreman. […]

Review – Citadel of the Saxons: the rise of early London  Current ArchaeologyMaking sense of the early medieval period requires a 'magpie' approach, picking from many sources and disciplines to piece together a coherent picture. […]

Review – Landscape Beneath the Waves: the archaeological investigation of underwater landscapes  Current ArchaeologyCaroline Wickham- Jones offers a useful, if at times rather dry, overview of current research on submerged landscapes around the world. The realisation that sea ... […]

Review – Roots of Nationhood: the archaeology and history of Scotland  Current ArchaeologyLouisa Campbell, Dene Wright, and Nicola A Hall (eds) Archaeopress, £28. ISBN 978-1784919825. Review Edward Biddulph. The last ten years or so have ... […]

Review – A Survival Story: prehistoric life at Star Carr  Current ArchaeologyAn exhibition at Cambridge's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology brings together artefacts from early excavations at Star Carr, the latest finds from the ... […]

Beer Fit for a Pharaoh: 5000-Year-Old Beer Brewed in Israel  Israel TodayIsraeli researchers have succeeded in brewing a high-quality beer produced from yeast extracted from 5000-year-old pottery found at Tel Gath, the Philistine ... […]

South Canterbury woman off to discover ancient Roman history in Pompeii, Italy  Stuff.co.nzTimaru woman Robyn Cooper will be digging her heels into history when she takes part in an archaeological dig next month. […]

New Taipei City Archaeology Park grand openin...  Taiwan NewsTAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The inauguration of New Taipei City Archaeology Park (新北考古公園), the largest of its kind in Taiwan, will take place on Saturday (May ... […]