March 10, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The ancient and modern history of Halkidiki, buried in the earth came to light and revealed over 1,000 of ancient graves on the peninsula of Kassandra and Sithonia. The touristic development can overshadow its archaeological wealth, but thanks to it, one of the largest cemeteries of the northern Greek area …
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April 29, 2022
Archeology, Culture
The archaeological site of the Ancient Nemea will become the second heritage attraction in Greece to be awarded the EU’s Heritage Label, the Culture Ministry announced on Friday. The award ceremony will take place on June 13 in Brussels. Located near the city of Corinth in Peloponnese, Nemea is steeped …
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July 14, 2021
Arts, Culture
The Aeschylia Festival at Elefsina, west Attica, will kick off with music concerts, artistic performances, plays and an open air cinema. The annual and much beloved festival with a history of 47 years was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. This year it will run from August 22 until …
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May 10, 2021
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Present-day Greeks are genetically similar to 2,000 BCE Aegeans from Northern Greece, a scientific study has found. According to the study, there is “Genomic homogeneity across the Aegean during the EBA despite distinct cultural backgrounds.” EBA Aegeans have higher genetic similarity with present-day southern Europeans, particularly present-day Sardinians. In …
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January 8, 2021
Archeology, FEATURED
A mystery with an ancient Greek marble slab is taking place in London. No one knows how the artefact with an ancient Greek inscription was found in the yard of a house in Whiteparish, a village in southern England. The artifact that is to be auctioned in February was used …
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November 30, 2020
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Eight ancient Greek tombs were discovered in a land plot in Ilia, south Peloponnese, the Culture Ministry announced on Monday. The tombs of various types were discovered and investigated during a recent rescue excavation by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia on a privately owned land plot at the location …
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February 9, 2020
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Dozens of curse tablets have been discovered in a 2,500 year-old water well in the ancient Greek cemetery of Kerameikos in downtown Athens. The 30 small lead tablets were found engraved with ancient curses and hexes at the bottom of the well. Curse against the newlywed Glykera, focusing on her …
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November 4, 2019
Archeology
Five shipwrecks, large sections of their cargoes and the possible remains of an ancient port have been discovered in the sea area of the island of Kasos in south-eastern Greece. A particularly remarkable finding is a shipwreck of the late Classical period, which had five stone anchors in pyramid-like shape …
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October 9, 2019
Archeology
“Tie the feet together. Bind down the eyes, the hands, the feet…” Scientists have finally managed to decipher the Ancient Greek curse found on a 1,500-year-old lead tablet. The curse calls upon numerous demons to inflict harm on a dancer named Manna, who likely performed at the famous Caesarea Maritima …
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June 23, 2019
Archeology
Baths of lavish mansions, workshops, storage rooms and streets of an ancient Athens neighborhood south of the Acropolis have been opened to visitors of the Acropolis Museum. The excavation site extends over an area of 4,000 sq meters and is located beneath the Museum. For the first time, the visitors …
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June 14, 2019
Tourism
A … primitive, rowing boat, carved from a single tree trunk, anchoired at the port of Heraklio, Crete beginning of the week. The boatl was constructed by Czech scientists, an exact copy of an ancient boat Italians had used 8,000 years ago. The wooden boat left the port of Lavrio …
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April 22, 2019
Archeology
Metro digging in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, has unearthed an extraordinary treasure trove of more than 300,000 ancient artefacts, from gold wreaths and rings to statues of the goddess Aphrodite. The construction of a metro network beneath the Greek city of Thessaloniki has unearthed an extraordinary treasure trove of ancient artefacts, …
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October 23, 2018
Archeology
Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck. The ancient Greek shipwreck has been lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years at the bottom of the Black Sea. The ship wreck is similar to Odysseus’s vessel as featured on an Ancient Greek pottery found in …
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May 4, 2018
Archeology, Culture
The Greek ancient city of Bargylia in South Turkey, the archaeological site from the firth century B.C., is on sale for 35 million Turkish liras (around $8.4 million). The ancient city is near Bodrum on Turkish West coast. The 133 hectare (330 acre) site is a private property since 1927. …
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March 31, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Countries like Greece, Italy, Egypt, and Mexico are famous for some of the most fascinating historical monuments in the world. Sadly, not all of them have managed to survive the cruel wheel of time, and after so many centuries the only thing left to remind us of them are their …
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February 2, 2018
Archeology, Culture
Do we have a totally false perception abut the Ancient Greek World? Have we fallen victims to thousands of years of rain and decay that have washed out the vibrant colors of the statues of the antique leading us to the mistaken assumption that ancient Greek artists honored the Gods …
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October 24, 2017
Sports
The flame for the Pyeong Chang Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Tuesday, despite a brief cloudburst that disrupted the sun-reliant ceremony. It launched a long torch relay that will culminate with the Winter Games Opening Ceremony on Feb. 9. Using fire kept from a …
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September 21, 2017
Archeology, Culture
A tourists could probably not resist the temptation to take a souvenir from the Ancient Theater of Larissa to her home country. Taking advantage of the lack of effective guarding, a tourist grabbed an ancient stone during her visit to the 2,400-year-old antique theater on Tuesday. The stone was in …
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April 3, 2017
Tourism, Travel
The Silk Road. Two words that always had a magic attraction on me. I am not sure when I first heard about it. Possible in the last years of the elementary school. Most likely I had also seen some pictures or rather paintings in encyclopedias and historical comic books we …
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March 16, 2017
Archeology, Culture
Archaeological underwater research in the east coast of the island of Salamina revealed part of the port where the fleet of the alliance of the Greek-city states had gathered before the legendary Battle of Salamis against the Persian empire in 480 BC. The battle of Salamis is one of the …
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