European archaeology

Archaeologists in Sardinia have unearthed the torsos of two more limestone statues of boxers within the Iron Age necropolis of Mont'e Prama, Italy's culture ministry said on May 7.

After more than 17,000 years of silence and decades forgotten in a French museum, a shell fashioned into a horn by our prehistoric ancestors has been played again as a result of new research published Feb. 10.

Scientists believe the ancient conch, from a species of large sea snail still present in the Atlantic and North Sea, is the oldest wind instrument of its type yet found.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has invited archaeologist James C. Wright, to deliver an online lecture on the prehistoric port at Kommos, in Southern Crete, which will be live streamed at 6.30 p.m. on January 27 Greek time.

The archives area of the palace of Zominthos on the plateau of Mount Psiloritis on Crete were discovered at the sprawling site during this year's excavation season, the Ministry of Culture said on Thursday.

Due to popular demand, the Archaeological Society at Athens has extended the duration of "Chronography," an exhibition of photographs taken by Robert McCabe in regions of archaeological significance during his first trips to the country between the mid-1950s and early 1960s.