Smithsonian Magazine10h
Metal Detectorists Unearth Ancient Dagger Decorated With Tiny Stars, Crescent Moons and Geometric Patterns
Found at a beach in northern Poland, the nearly ten-inch-long artifact could be up to 2,500 years old. It had been lodged ...
Observer15h
Art Collector Athanasios Polychronopoulos Is Bringing A.I. Art to Delphi
When you stand in this place, you feel the energy and the beauty of the view, which motivates you to do something for the ...
Greek Reporter2d
Archaeologists Unveil First-Ever Ancient Greek Theater Discovered in Ionian Islands
Recent excavations in Lefkada, Greece, revealed the first-ever ancient Greek theater discovered in the Ionian Islands.
TheCollector on MSN2d
What Was the Significance of Ephesus?
By the first century CE, Ephesus was already ancient. Established sometime around 1000 BCE in what is now Turkey on with ...
Psychology Today3d
Greek and Roman Sculptures Were Perfumed
Or so one would think, looking at the current art scene. But a new and fascinating archeological finding shows that this has ...
In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...
Artnet News5d
How This Parthenon Relief Was Torn Apart—Twice
South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...
Burnaby Now14d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
The head of a griffin, that was repatriated from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Ancient Olympia ... for our long-standing partnership ...
Seattle Times14d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
ANCIENT OLYMPIA ... long-standing partnership with the Greek government and look forward to continued engagement and cultural exchange,” the Met’s museum director Max Hollein said in a ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome ... who authored the study and works as an archaeologist and curator at the Glyptotek art museum in Copenhagen, finds that Greco-Roman statues were often perfumed ...
Live Science16d
Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at 'Armageddon' when biblical king was killed, study suggests
The layer with Egyptian and Greek pottery fragments described in the latest study is among several layers that date from after 732 B.C., when records indicate Megiddo was conquered by the Neo ...
Greek City Times17d
Museum Director Fired for Stealing Materials from Greek Church in Antalya
a museum director has been dismissed following accusations of illegally transferring materials from the roof of a historic Greek church to her personal villa construction site. The Saint Nicholas ...