The Greek Ministry of Culture announced that two post-Byzantine churches sustained significant damage by the recent destructive fire in East Attica, but said that Ancient Greek antiquities, sites, and the Archaeological Museum of Marathon were not damaged.
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Statue of Greek god uncovered by archaeologists during excavation of ancient Roman sewer in Bulgaria
Archaeologists near Bulgaria’s southeastern border with Greece have made a remarkable discovery—a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes. This unexpected find occurred amidst the excavation of an ancient Roman sewer in the deserted city of Heraclea Sintica, established by King Philip II of Macedon between 356 and 339 B.C.E. Heraclea Sintica was abandoned following a catastrophic earthquake in 388 A.D.
The Greek name “Elia Vouvon” (Greek Ελιά Βουβών), the Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves is…
Centuries after its disappearance, a fragment of the Temple of Zeus in Sicily emerges from the depths! Dive into the story of this captivating discovery – a marble frieze depicting a powerful prancing horse, now unearthed by underwater archaeologists.
The exhibition charts the continuity and vitality of icon painting wherever Orthodox Christianity took root after the events of 1453, notably in Russia, Crete and mainland Greece. There are icons by masters from the great Cretan workshops, whose holy subjects vibrate with life against shimmering gold leaf surrounds.
A collection of rare marble artifacts was uncovered at a 1,800-year-old shipwreck just 200 meters…
15 ancient objects dating from the prehistoric period to the Roman era are being repatriated…
A sacrificial bull’s head found at a Minoan cemetery associated with the palace of Petras…
The Greek name “Elia Vouvon” (Greek Ελιά Βουβών), the Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves is…
Through Ancient Greek history, our ancestors from pre-Homeric to Homeric times had invented the Ancient Greek language, which is the treasury and genesis to all mankind and from the foundation of the language derived, most other languages were born.
The first season of this year’s excavation on the Trapeza plateau, eight kilometres southeast of…
The Ancient Greek (Hellenic) language & the crossbred Latin use known as “Greeklish” By Chrysanthe…
With a Greek name “Elia Vouvon” (Greek Ελιά Βουβών), the Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves…
For the fourth year, volunteer divers, archaeologists from the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and geophysicists…
In an amazing discovery, a large head of an ancient statue has been found just meters below the ground during a routine road upgrade in Athens. Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis says he is filled with “pride and admiration” for the beautiful and unique Athens.
With a Greek name “Elia Vouvon” (Greek Ελιά Βουβών), the Monumental Olive Tree of Vouves…
“Hera” a one-act opera with music by Theo Abazis and a libretto by Elsa Andrianou…
A German man has returned an ancient Greek artefact, which had illegally been taken out…
One of Greece’s and the world’s most famous monument, the Acropolis is closed to the…
By Chrysanthe Ntemos To begin with this important subject, I shall say that the prologue…