The Ministry of Culture said on Thursday that excavations carried out in the center of Athens as part of the city’s redevelopment unearthed ruins believed to belong to a late Roman-era villa. At a site located on Platea Theatru (Theater Square), just behind the city hall on the main street of Athinas, the remains of […]
An ancient tunnel discovered under the Egyptian temple of Osiris in Alexandria in Egypt may lead to Cleopatra’s tomb. The new information has been released by a team of archaeologists who have been digging for two decades around a sacred site in Taposiri Great, an ancient Egyptian city near modern-day Aboukir, looking for the burial […]
An archaeological mission to search for the legendary temple of Poseidon of Samos reported that they found the ruins of a huge building in the place indicated in ancient sources. The discovery of an international group of archaeologists is reported by heritage dailyreferring to the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports. Excavations were carried out […]
What did a resident of the metropolitan area of Atitika look like in the Mesolithic era, 11,000 years ago? What can the analysis of his DNA tell us about the way of life, the movements of the population in those times and their relationship with the modern inhabitants of Greece? These and other “difficult” questions […]
Greek archaeologists discovered a huge statue of a young Hercules during excavations in the city of Philippi. According to experts, the artifact dates back to the 2nd century BC. The torso and head are intact, but the right leg below the thigh and the right arm are missing. The statue, 3 meters high, depicts Hercules […]
Greco-Swiss excavations at the Sanctuary of Artemis Amarisia have revealed important new discoveries in the history of the most significant place of worship dedicated to the ancient Greek goddess Artemis. The sanctuary is considered the main center her cult and is located just two kilometers east of Amarynthos, on the island of Evia in Central […]
In an open letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, the Greek Archaeologists Association (SEA) sounded the alarm over recent reports of vandalism and damage to the former Orthodox Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which was converted into a mosque in 2020. They also expressed concern about the medieval church of Chora Monastery in Istanbul. The SEA […]
Exploring the ancient Russian settlement of the XIV century, near the Kulikovo field, archaeologists discovered a ring with the image of the Greek goddess Pallas Athena. The event was reported by the press service of the State Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo field”, writes RIA Novosti. Candidate of Historical Sciences Andrei Naumov, Deputy Director of the State Museum-Reserve […]
A life-sized marble head of a man with a life-size beard, which is identified as a Farnese type of Hercules, was found during the latest underwater excavation of the wreck of the Antikythera ship, dating from about 60 BC. The head could match headless statue No. 1. 5742 at the National Archaeological Museum, found by […]
An unusual burial, whose age is estimated at 2100 years, was discovered by Greek archaeologists near Kozani, in the north of the country. The director of the Kozani Ephorate of Antiquities, Areti Chondrogianni-Metoki, spoke about the find of archaeologists, according to Planet Today. According to the description of a specialist, this is the burial of […]
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of the temple of the ancient Greek god Zeus (Jupiter) in the Sinai Peninsula. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement that the ruins of the temple were discovered at the archaeological site of Tell el-Pharma in the northwest of the Sinai Peninsula. Tell el-Pharma, also […]
Archaeologists have found the ruins of the ancient city of Meliboia, which Homer described in his immortal Iliad, near the port of Agiokampos in Greece. The remains of a Hellenistic sanctuary, built from alabaster and local sources of stone, have been unearthed during the EFA excavations, begun relatively recently by a team of archaeologists led […]