An announcement regarding the tomb of Aristotle in Ancient Stageira in northern Greece was the highlight of an international conference held in Thessaloniki on Thursday, 26 May. International delegates attending the “Aristotle 2400 Years” World Congress heard that archaeologists carrying out a 20-year excavation at the ancient Macedonian city believe the site’s most important finding […]
Click on images to enlarge Updated 17 January, 2016 During the First World War, Britain’s Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) operated from airbases in the Northern Aegean against the German alliance countries (known as the Central Powers). One such airbase was located near the village of Prinos, situated on the west coast of Thassos. Between […]
US archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the skeleton of an ancient warrior that has lain undisturbed for more than 3,500 years along with a huge hoard of treasure, the Greek culture ministry announced Monday. The tomb is “the most important to have been discovered in 65 years” in continental Greece, the ministry said. The wooden […]
Forty years after the bones of suspected royalty were found within a tomb complex at Vergina, Northern Greece, experts have confirmed that one set of skeletal remains belong to Alexander the Great’s father, King Philip II. If travelling through Greece, the museum at Vergina is a ‘must see’, being one of the best presented and […]
A beautiful mosaic, 3 x 4.5 metres, has been revealed by archaeologists excavating the massive royal tomb on ‘Castle Hill’, near ancient Amphipolis in northern Greece. The mosaic depicts the abduction of Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, by the god of the underworld, Plouton (Pluto), archaeologists said on Thursday, 16 October. The centre […]
Archaeologists, excavating the ancient royal tomb at Amphipolis in northern Greece, continue to unearth more wonderful finds. The latest is two larger-than-life sculpted female figures, known as Caryatids, which were discovered on Saturday, 6 September. The figures, standing 3.67 metres tall, are positioned above and at either side of an inner door and originally stood […]
A cup believed to have been used by Classical Greek statesman Pericles has been found in a pauper’s grave in north Athens, according to local reports Wednesday. The ceramic wine cup, smashed in 12 pieces, was found during building construction in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, Ta Nea daily said. After piecing it together, archaeologists […]
Using the latest advances in technology and robotics, archaeologists will strive to extract more secrets this summer from an ancient shipwreck that once yielded the unique Antikythera Mechanism, representing one of humanity’s earliest steps on the road to high technology. The 2000-year-old artefact dubbed the world’s first ‘analogue’ computer, was recovered from a Roman-era ship […]
One of the most vivid examples comes from around 1200 B.C., when a centuries-long drought in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean regions, contributed to, if not caused, widespread famine, unrest and ultimately the destruction of many once prosperous cities, according to four recent studies. The scientists determined the length and severity of the drought by […]
The scientific accomplishments and engineering prowess of ancient civilisations have been consistently underestimated throughout history. Only now are we starting to fully appreciate the sophistication and depth of knowledge of our ancestors? One amazing example is the Antikythera Mechanism. Recovered in 1900–1901 from an ancient shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, its significance and […]
