Nataliya Ivanova – Yana Dimitrova – Petya Andreeva, La Sala del Tesoro(National Archaeological Museum. Catalogues. Volume 41) Sofia 2023ISBN 978-619-254-022-7ISSN 2367-8860)84 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 25 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Fotis Georgiadis – Anastasia Gadolou / Φώτης Γεωργιάδης – Αναστασία Γκαδόλου,In the Cave. Stories from Darkness Brought to Light / Στη σπηλιά. Ιστορίες από το σκοτάδι στο φωςAthen 2025ISBN 978-960-204-472-8336 S./pp., 475 Abb., Karten, Zeichnungen / illustrations, maps, drawings, 29 x 21,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverzweisprachig englisch – griechisch / bilingual english – greek The present comprehensive scientific catalogue accompanies and documents the important new temporary exhibition by the Ministry of Culture, organized by the Ephorate of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology and the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, entitled “In the cave: stories from darkness brought to light”. Original in its concept, this exhibition uses an interdisciplinary approach to highlight the timeless and multifaceted relationship between humans and caves – a relationship that endures, unbroken, from the Paleolithic period until modern times. The subject reflects the timeless and multilayered significance of caves in the life and culture of humankind. From the beginning of human evolution, caves were not only refuges from the elements and from predators, but also served as the cradle for early so-cialization, creativity and the exchange of knowledge, key for cultural development. Even when they ceased to be used for primary habitation, caves retained their primeval association with religion and transcendency, archetypal meanings and symbolism, making them timeless landmarks in myth and in collective historical memory, as well as sources of inspiration for contemplation and the arts. New among these layers of meaning – not replacing them – is the modern scientific interest in understanding the history of human interaction with the natural environment. Literally and metaphorically, the exhibition “In the cave” aims to bring this profound and timeless relationship into the light. Through the distinct thematic and chronological units and select displays, which include anthropological, paleobotanical and paleozoological material, as well as representative archaeological finds – from prehistoric tools, utilitarian, religious and precious objects, to inscriptions and works of art from all periods – the public has the chance to conceptually travel back in time and discover the numerous aspects of life and culture relating to caves. Caves are offered as witnesses to human history, and as gateways connecting us to our primordial roots and nature itself. Inspiring awe and curiosity and raising awareness among the public, this exhibition rein-forces our connection to the past and promotes the preservation of these unique monuments for generations to come. A total of 296 objects, many of which are presented to the public for the first time, are displayed in the various units of the exhibition, coming from 30 caves of northern Greece and from museums and sci-entifically and culturally significant collections. Each constitutes a piece of the puzzle, telling the story of caves and the interactions between humans and nature that took place within them. At the same time, the exhibition highlights the methodological and technical particularities, the fascinating but challenging nature of conducting archaeological and anthropological research inside caves.   Table of Contents Forewords Lina Mendoni, Minister of Culture of the Hellenic Republic Olympia Vikatou, General Director of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage, Hellenic Ministry of Culture Niki Manou-Andreadis, Αrchitect and Civil Engineer, President of the Board of Directors, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Introductory note | Αnastasia Gadolou, Fotis Georgiadis, Scientific editors of the catalogue and curators of the exhibition Why present an exhibition on caves? | Anastasia Gadolou The museological approach | Angeliki Koukouvou, Agni Apostolidou, Katerina Bechtsi, Ourania Palli, Evanthia Papadopoulou, Evangelia Tsangaraki The museographic proposal, or the birth of a design | Anna Kouloumvaki, Pantelis Feleris, Foivos Papageorgiou, Ilias Papageorgiou   THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CAVES Petralona Cave, Chalkidiki | Αndreas Ι. Darlas Theopetra Cave, Landmark and point of reference for early prehistory in Greece | Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika Prehistoric evidence from the caves of northern Greece | Zoe Intze, Michalis Kontos, Christina Michelaki, Anastasios Siros Caves and ritual activity in prehistory | Stella Katsarou Ancient cave sancturaries in northern Greece | Fotis Georgiadis The painted panels from Pitsa cave | Giorgos Kavvadias Αscetics in caves, Hermetic life in the caves of Prespes | Christina Michelaki, Andreas N. Tsokas Cave use during the Greek civil war, Democratic Αrmy hospitals in caves of western Macedonia | Agni Karadimou, Michalis Kontos   THE OTHER SIDE OF CAVES Spilaia, Spilies, Bistiries, A cave by any other name. A folklore-ethnographic approach | Aikaterini Polymerou-Kamilaki   CAVE ENVIRONMENT Speleogenesis, How caves are formed | Christos Pennos Cave ecosystems | Αlexandra Οikonomou The fossil faunas of caves | Athanassios Athanassiou, Katerina Trantalidou   CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sharon R. Stocker – Claire L. Lyons – Jack L. Davis – Evangelia Militsi-Kechagia,,The Kingdom of Pylos. Warrior-princes of Mycenaean GreeceLos Angeles 2025ISBN 978-1-60606-967-7336 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 24 cm; kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag / hardcover with dust jacketInspired by tales of Trojan War heroes in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, nineteenth-century explorers sought the legendary king Nestor’s homeland at “sandy Pylos” on the coast of the southwestern Peloponnese in Greece. Archaeologists later searched inland on the Englianos Ridge, where they unearthed a palace and inscribed tablets that confirmed ancient Pylos’s location. The Palace of Nestor, as it is now known, was built shortly aſter 1300 BCE as the seat of a monarch whose realm spanned 800 square miles in modern-day Messenia. During the early phases of the Late Bronze Age in Greece (ca. 1630–1360 BCE), the region of Messenia was an epicenter of Mycenaean civilization. The elite clans that headed prosperous communities acquired luxuries imported from Minoan Crete and from as far away as Egypt and the Near East. They erected beehive-shaped tombs to commemorate ancestors and were buried with their weapons and wealth. The era of these warrior-princes foreshadowed the rise of a powerful kingdom centered at Pylos, which governed the region’s economic, political, and religious activities. Homeric archaeology gave way long ago to cutting-edge research in the field. Accompanied by over 300 illustrations and essays by an international team of archaeologists, this catalogue includes extraordinary recent discoveries, notably from the grave of a man known as the Griffin Warrior, who was found surrounded by incomparable works of art and craſt. As excavations throughout Messenia continue, the latest techniques for interpreting the remains of Late Bronze Age society reveal the history behind the myths.

Chilufim. Zeitschrift für Jüdische Kulturgeschichteherausgegeben vom Zentrum für Jüdische Kulturgeschichte der Universität SalzburgBand 32, 2025Themenheft „Geschichte(n) erzählen. Klio und Kalliope in der jüdischen Geschichte Zentral- und Osteuropas“ Hg. von Martina Niedhammer und Olaf TerpitzISSN 1817-9223ISBN 978-3-85161-327-8III + 139 S./pp., 21 x 14,8 cm; broschiert/paperbackAuch als E-Book erhältlich

Walpurga Antl-Weiser,The Venus of Willendorf.Wien 2025ISBN 978-3-903096-49-3200 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 27,5 x 19,5 cm; broschiert / softcoverThe Willendorf figurine was found in 1908 during an excavation of the Natural History Museum Vienna under the direction of Joseph Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Joseph Bayer. The first well documented Palaeolithic figurine soon became an icon of Palaeolithic art. Recent analyses unveiled the possible origin of the raw material and the production process of the sculpture. The Venus of Willendorf and other Palaeolithic figurines reflect a network of communication across Europe, from France to Russia. Worshiped ancestors, mothers, or mythical beings? Although we will never know their exact meaning and function, the recurrent combination of different types of female figurines and animal sculptures are a testimony of past human thoughts. The figurines could be seen as protagonists in legends told around the fireplaces of Palaeolithic camp sites more than 30,000 years ago.

Ali Yaşar – Sedat Akkurnaz – Salih Soslu (eds.), Harpasos Vadisi Araştırmaları 1 – Harpasos-Harpasa-ArpazIstanbul 2025ISBN 978-605-396-584-8520 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 26,5 x 18,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Magdalena Getaldić,Povijest zbirki sadrenih odljeva antičke skulpture Gliptoteke Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u europskom kontekstu / The history of the collections of plaster casts of antique sculptures of the Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the European contextZagreb 2024ISBN 978-953-347-604-9396 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 27 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcoverzweisprachig kroatisch – englisch / bilingual croatian – englishThis is the first monographic presentation of collections of plaster casts in Croatia, offering a detailed insight into the historical development, importance and role of casts in the history of sculpture – from antiquity to the present day. Through interdisciplinary research and comparative analysis in relation to the most famous European collections, the book examines the significance of plaster casts and their role in understanding ancient sculpture.

Studia Hercynia XXIX/1 Identity negotiation and social competition through a materiality lens(Papers presented at the 29th Annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Belfast, 2023)Prag 2025ISSN 1212-5865202 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./ colour and b/w-figs., 27 x 19 cm; broschiert/softcover

Victor Cojocaru,Cetăţile greceşti pontice şi binefăcătorii lor /Die pontischen griechischen Städte und Ihre Wohltäter(Pontica et Mediterranea, Band XII)Cluj – Napoca 2025ISBN 978-606-020-951-5738 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24,5 x 18 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverrumänisch mit ausführlicher deutscher Zusammenfassung /romanian with extended german summaryDas Buch ist eine Weiterführung der Forschungen des Autors zur Institution der Proxenie im Schwarzmeerraum und weitet den Blick auf die Frage nach der Rolle von Wohltätern im Leben pontischer griechischer Städte. Gestützt auf eine umfassende epigraphische Dokumentation und einen konsequent angewendeten vergleichenden Ansatz, wirft der Band ein neues Licht darauf, wie wohltätige Handlungen – und deren öffentliche Ehrung – den sozialen Zusammenhalt und die Stabilität dieser antiken Gemeinschaften förderten. Das Werk richtet sich gleichermaßen an Fachleute wie an ein breiteres Publikum, das sich für die Ursprünge des europäischen Bürgersinns interessiert. Es bietet eine tiefgehende Reflexion über gemeinnütziges Engagement in der Antike und unterstreicht dessen anhaltende Bedeutung für heutige Debatten um gesellschaftliche Verantwortung.

Yavuz Yeğin – Murat Özyıldırım,Olba Kazıları 1. Yerleşim Tarihinin Tanıkları-Arkeolojik Malzeme Grupları Ankara 2025 ISBN 978-625-6925-88-5VI + 170 S./pp., zahlr Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 19 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Nenad Cambi, Triptych of Studies. Essays of Ancient Sculptures / Triptih Studija: Eseji o antičkoj skulpturiSplit 2025ISBN 978-953-163-567-7 220 S./pp., 233 Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 23,5 x 16,5 cm; broschiert/softcover zweisprachig kroatisch - englischbilingual croatian - english

Mathias Harzhauser, System Change. Eine Geschichte von Sex, Feuer und den Kipp-Punkten des LebensWien 2025ISBN 978-3-903096-83-7168 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 24 x 17 cm; broschiert/softcover Die letzten 3,8 Milliarden Jahre lang war die Geschichte des Lebens ein wilder Ritt. Eine absurde Abfolge aus Scheitern, Neustart, Innovation und gefährlichen Kipp-Punkten. Alles immer in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen »hausgemachten« geologischen Prozessen, tödlichen Bedrohungen aus dem All und den durchs Leben selbst ausgelösten Kaskaden an positiven oder negativen Feedback-Mechanismen. Überraschend oft hat die Erde ihr Aussehen grundlegend verändert. Sie hatte schwarze und violette Phasen, verwandelte sich in einen riesigen Schneeball und wurde zum tödlichen Wüstenplanet. Die wahren Herrscher in diesem Spiel: Mikroben! Sie haben die frühe Atmosphäre vernichtet, die Meere für Milliarden von Jahren wie mit Leichentüchern verhüllt und sogar Eiszeiten ausgelöst. Zugleich schufen sie die Grundlagen für die Entwicklung des höheren Lebens. Bücher über die Geschichte der Erde und über die Evolution des Lebens gibt es viele, doch noch in keinem wurde so kompakt und umfassend hinter die Kulissen des »Systems Erde« geblickt. Dabei vermittelt das Buch das nötige Rüstzeug, um sich auch mit möglichen Zukunftsszenarien des Planeten zu beschäftigen. Werden die Korallenriffe im sauren Meerwasser zugrunde gehen, weil sich das CO² der Atmosphäre wie vor 250 Millionen Jahren im Wasser löst? Oder wird das Methan der Kontinentalhänge schmelzen und wie vor 56 Millionen Jahren ein geologisch kurzes, aber für die Biosphäre verheerendes Supertreibhaus auslösen? Nach der Lektüre des Buches ist klar, seit wann es Schönheit gibt und warum Kühe zu Zwergen werden können!