Tag: Ancient Greece

Thermopylae

Greece to Commemorate Battle of Thermopylae With Special Coins

Greece’s government announced that it will issue special coins to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae, popularly

February 11, 2020

Harvard Offering Free Distance Learning Class on the Ancient Greek Hero; More Than 40,000 People Have Registered

Through its innovative distance learning program called EDX, Harvard University is offering a class called “The Ancient Greek Hero.” More

January 3, 2020

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

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