The team now believe the Agios Athanasios is the previously-referenced site of the Odysseion—the center of a cult of hero ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

At Agios Athanasios, a rugged site in northern Ithaca known since the 19th century as the “School of Homer,” a team led by ...

The city of Kavala in northern Greece, which rises up from the sea like an amphitheater, is a gem waiting to be explored for ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not ...

THE island of Thassos in Greece is often overlooked in favour of ... One of the main destinations on the island is the Ancient Agora, a site with old temples, remains of sanctuaries, an ancient ...

Elsewhere, Antoaneta Pateva’s recent trip to Thassos, the northernmost major Greek island in the Aegean ... turquoise water and ancient history. Embroidered with golden beaches, traditional ...

Instead, the history-steeped material, long immortalised in ancient temples and monuments ... hue'; the crystaline white purity of marble from Thassos island; and Volakas marble from northern Greece, ...

Thassos is the northernmost Greek island, and according to ancient myths, it took its name after Thassus, one of the four sons of Agenor, who had the responsibility along with his brothers to search ...

Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...