The discovery of 10 shipwrecks as well as important individual finds has been announced after the completion in October last year of underwater archaeological research in the maritime area of Kasos island, in the southeast Aegean.
The discovery of 10 shipwrecks as well as important individual finds has been announced after the completion in October last year of underwater archaeological research in the maritime area of Kasos island, in the southeast Aegean.
Several ancient artifacts have been found near a church in Corinth, southern Greece, where there were traces of illegal excavations, authorities said on Wednesday.
The most prized pigment of antiquity was processed not from a tangle of root or the frothy extract of a weed, but by drawing out a slimy secretion from the mucus glands behind the anus of murex sea snails.
A giant statue dating back about 2,500 years has been restored to Sicily’s Valley of the Temples, an archeological site which ancient Greek poet Pindar described as “man’s finest city.”
A new lighting system will be installed at the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio, the Culture Ministry announced on Wednesday.
A 70-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday by officers of the police’s Department of Cultural Heritage and Antiquities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, after ancient objects and religious icons were found at her workplace and home.
The Ministry of Culture is taking immediate measures to repair and support critical structural parts of the ancient Fyli Fortress on Mount Parnitha after the Central Archaeological Council (KAS) approved the architectural study for the restoration of the South Gate, the East Central Gate and two towers on either side.
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou looks at ancient helmet in the exhibition “Chaeronea, August 2, 338 BC: A Day that Changed the World,” at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of city-states […]
The iron gate of the villa opened automatically to let the car onto the white gravel driveway.
A study examining the effect of climate change on the future microclimate of historical monuments and artifacts shows us how extreme weather events will also impact the country’s cultural heritage.
The upcoming Archaeological Museum of Ancient Messene in the Peloponnese is set to provide an additional 800 square meters of exhibition space over the capacity of the existing structure. The enhanced facility will also include supplementary storage facilities and additional rooms dedicated to temporary exhibitions and educational programs. The Museum Council of the Ministry of Culture unanimously approved the preliminary museological study early this week.
A new state-of-the-art museum at Aigai, the capital of ancient Macedonia, explores the remarkable history of Philip II and the dawn of the Hellenistic age.
It is midday as we ascend beneath a cloud-dotted sky to the “kingdom” of Philip II, the 4th century BC king of the Macedonians and father of Alexander the Great.
A 36-year-old man was arrested in the town of Mesolongi on Friday for the illegal possession of antiquities which he had attempted to sell on the internet, following an operation of the Cultural Heritage Department of the Thessaloniki Police.
French people are often surprised that foreigners come to France to study ancient Greece. It is easy for them to understand why foreign philosophers might go there.
The monuments on the Acropolis of Athens and any work carried out on the Sacred Rock always tend to draw attention.