excavations which began in 2001 in the ancient city of Perre in the Adiyaman province, archaeologists found the bronze military medal bearing the head of Medusa, also called Gorgo, one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.
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Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery in Greece, uncovering a long-lost bathroom believed to have…
Archeologists have unearthed a 1,800-year-old military medal in the ancient Greek city of Perre (Πέρρη)…
A remarkable discovery has been made in the West Bank, as archaeologists have uncovered a 1,500-year-old text containing a section of Psalm 86, also known as “A Prayer of David.” However, it turns out there is an error in the text.
Unique Ancient Winepress in Israel Depicting Greek Gods are the only ones from antiquity discovered that were built inside of a covered water reservoir, the largest of two arched-reservoirs part of the impressive water at Zippori
Spanish archaeologists in the La Huerta de Otero Archaeological Zone, on the western side of…
Archaeologists have uncovered Greek full-colour portraits of mummies – the first to be found in…
The five largest public museums in Greece were closed on Monday, 13 February, due to…
Archaeologists discovered a number of skeletons in Sparta with several jewellery with no parallels in…
Archeologists have unearthed an 1,800-year-old military medal in the ancient Greek city of Perre (Πέρρη)…
A team of researchers from Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw have documented 1,000-year-old paintings…
With a new underwater museum where visitors can explore the remains of a 2500-year-old shipwreck, the Alonissos Marine Park is the largest reserve of its kind in the world, a place of unspoilt natural beauty that is home to a fascinating variety of flora, fauna and marine life including the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal.
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient city from the Hellenistic Period that may be the lost…
Archaeologists investigating a cluster of ancient shipwrecks first discovered in 2018 in the small island…
Discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and mapped in 1968 by a team of archaeologists…
“We also found a ceramic bull. The body of this hollow bull has two openings: one on the back to fill it with a liquid, likely wine, and one at the nose to drink from. Apparently, they had feasts in the chamber to honour their dead.”
With a new underwater museum where visitors can explore the remains of a 2500-year-old shipwreck, the Alonissos Marine Park is the largest reserve of its kind in the world, a place of unspoilt natural beauty that is home to a fascinating variety of flora, fauna and marine life including the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal.
For the fourth year, volunteer divers, archaeologists from the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and geophysicists…
Pavlopetri is thought to be some 5,000 years old, but it wasn’t discovered until the 20th Century, and experts are still uncovering its secrets and treasures.
The Bronze Age town was first identified off the coast of Greece ’s southern Peloponnese region in 1904 by a geologist named Folkion Negris.
Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood, generally known as Sinclair Hood, passed away on Monday, aged 103.…