Tag: Ancient Greece

Univ. of Cincinnati Archaeologists Unearth Gold-Layered Mycenaean Tombs Filled With Treasures in Peloponnesos

Archaeologists with the University of Cincinnati have discovered two Bronze Age tombs near Pylos in the southern Peloponnesos, containing a

December 23, 2019

British Comedian Hilariously Calls Out British Museum

There is very little that is British in the British Museum, the joke goes, it was all stolen from other

December 23, 2019

Wall Fresco of Monkey Suggests That Bronze Age Greeks Traveled Pretty Far

A well known Bronze Age fresco on a Greek island shows a monkey from thousands of miles away in Asia,

December 16, 2019

From Knossos to Atlanta’s Carlos Museum: New Curator First Inspired by Greek History as 11-Year-Old Teen Visiting Crete

She was an eleven-year-old traveling teen during a family holiday on Crete when she first gazed at the ruins of

December 8, 2019

Ancient Shipwrecks Discovered Off Kasos Island

Greece’s Culture Ministry says three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered

December 6, 2019

Ancient Greek Myth Revealed in Well-Preserved Pompeii Fresco

A well-preserved fresco depicting an erotic scene from the Greek myth Leda and the Swan has been unveiled to the

November 26, 2019

An International Legal Battle Over a 2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue

The legal gloves are off and the cross-Atlantic battles have officially begun between a powerful museum in Los Angeles and

December 10, 2018

Lost Ancient City Built by Trojan War Captives Unearthed in Greece

For thousands of years, the mythical city of Tenea, populated by captives brought back from the Trojan War by the

November 14, 2018

(Photos) Treasures Unearthed by Farmer Tilling His Fields on Central Greece Farm

A farmer was minding his business– and his fields, in a village in central Greece when he stumbled upon a

November 5, 2018

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