See this interesting blog on Minoan Culture

They could be the earliest Christian writing in existence, surviving almost 2,000 years in a Jordanian cave

A group of 70 or so "books", each with between five and 15 lead leaves bound by lead rings, was apparently discovered in a remote arid valley in northern Jordan somewhere between 2005 and 2007.
A flash flood had exposed two niches inside the cave, one of them marked with a menorah or candlestick, the ancient Jewish religious symbol.

A Jordanian Bedouin opened these plugs, and what he found inside might constitute extremely rare relics of early Christianity.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

. . . a film that takes us on an eerie descent into an ancient cave to discover something strange, awe-inspiring and scary … Werner Herzog.This director has scored another remarkable success with this documentary, using 3D to accentuate the massive, sculptural forms revealed to his camera. He and a minimal crew were allowed into the extraordinary Chauvet cave in the south of France, named after Jean-Marie Chauvet, the explorer who in 1994 made a Tutankhamun-level discovery: hundreds of pictures of animals drawn with flair, sophistication and detail by Neanderthal (sic) man around 32,000 years ago.

Stone tools 'demand new American story'

The long-held theory of how humans first populated the Americas may have been well and truly broken.

Visit The Museum of Cycladic art in Athens Online

Battle of Algiers

You are warmly invited to a screening of the Classic 1966 'Battle of Algiers' in Arts Major at 19h00 this evening Wed 23rd March. This is a small celebration of the struggle for Human Rights and life with dignity and specifically a gesture of solidarity with the people of Libya, all the people of North Africa and the Middle East and anywhere people bear the load of tyrannies, be they unjust economic structures, military dictatorship or other forms of oppression. This free screening is a special collaborative event of the International Office, Humanities Faculty and the Institute of Social & Economic Research. Come at 19h00 for 19h30 and enjoy some camaraderie and Halaal snacks before the film. The visiting Iranian academic Elaheh Rostami-Povey and Richard Pithouse of the Politics Department will say a few words of introduction.

We look forward to seeing you this evening at 19h00.

Primitive Humans Conquered Sea, Surprising Finds Suggest

Surprisingly old hand axes have been found on the Greek island of Crete, at center in this composite of satellite images.