Some 2,500 years ago, a naval battle took place in September (although the exact date remains unknown) in the straits between the Greek mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens.
“Every Thessaloni metro station can become a small museum”. With that statement, Christos Tsitouras, CEO of Attiko Metro, referred to the archaeological findings which where discovered during the construction.
A nationally renowned scholar on the preservation of ancient Chinese ceramics, Prof. Chandra Reedy is applying digital image analysis to study the technology used to produce glazed ceramics of nearly 1,000 years ago.
A set of 11 bronze pen nibs, which used to be put on the pens during the Golden Age of Simeon I of Bulgaria, has been found at Veliki Preslav historical and archaeological reserve.
Bulgarian Finance Minister, after a visit to the Sinemorets site after the discovery of a Thracian silver treasure, has said that funds for archaeological work in Bulgaria would be increased to 10 million leva (about five million euro) in 2013.
An aggressive campaign by Turkey to reclaim antiquities it says were looted has led in recent months to the return of antiquities. But it has also drawn condemnation from some of the world’s largest museums, which call the campaign cultural blackmail.
Archaeological excavations in Spain, carried out at the site of La Bastida have exposed an imposing fortification system which is unique for its location and date.
In 2010 Polish archaeologists working at the ancient Illyrian stronghold of Rhizon discovered a large hoard of coins. The 2012 season witnessed some fascinating new discoveries, helping to construct a chronology for this important site.
The 'chora' of Serifos is to be declared an archaeological site, according to a decision of Greece's Central Archaeological Council that was announced on Thursday.
Varna archaeologists working at a site of an ancient fortress near Cape Saint Atanas in Byala on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast have found early Christian baptismal fonts, estimated to date from the 5th to 6th centuries CE.
The 2nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities has received many negative comments on the Internet lately as people voiced their concerns about the works being conducted at the archaeological site of Sounion.
"The situation will remain unstable for a long time," according to Dominik Bonatz director of the Institute for Ancient Middle Eastern Archaeology at Berlin's Freie Universität.
A large scientific effort is under way to reveal and record the hidden texts and illustrations of the ancient manuscripts of St. Catherine's Monastery.