A Volcano of Tastes: food from prehistoric Thera
Fava beans, lentils, peas and beans as well as seafood, snails, fish and goat meat
How the Mycenaean ships looked like?
New evidence on the image and use of Mycenaean ships as well as further info on Mycenaean iconography has been simultaneously brought to light by archaeologist and conservation specialist dr. Harikleia Brekoulaki
Footprints from the past in Norway
Bronze Age petroglyphs were revealed by archaeologists beneath an ancient burial mound in Stj
A time-capsule in Larissa
The new Diachronic Museum stores the history and Archaeology of Larissa and its surrounding areas
Set in Stone: causing ancient Thessalians to live
2.500 ancient names carved in Larisa theater getting on the record
From Kynos to the
Livanates, identified with the Homeric harbour-town of Kynos, contains remains (residential area, cemeteries and fortifications) from 3000 BC to the 6th century AD
The return of the
Four two-sided Roman sculptures from Thessaloniki - now in the Louvre - are "cloned " and return to their city
The Smile of the
Art was able to express feelings not from the Archaic Period, as previously known, but already from the Creto-Mycenaean Era
A Museum in Eleftherna
A museum will be recently added in the archaeological site of Eleftherna, Greece
Olympia is getting green again
Four years after the horrific fire that destroyed a large part of the woods famously surrounding the archaeological site of Olympia, the
Saving Pythia
An enormous task of cosmological dimensions has been proved the site conservation project for the Oracle of Delphi, in Boeotia, Greece
Did the Minoans discover the Solar Calendar?
A controversial theory describes the Minoans as "fathers" of the Solar Calendar...
Sightseeing Crisis
Lack of human as well as financial resources prevent Greek museums to operate smoothly
An archaeologist writes his own fairytales
“Fairytales contain the harshest truths”. Archaeologist Christos Boulotis knew that from the beginning. But he also knew something else: that fairytales contain the power to overturn things. This is why, in parallel to his archaeological research, Boulotis, a researcher for
Byzantine settlement close to the new port in Schoenussa
Good news for any prospective visitor to the beautiful island of Schoenussa in the Cyclades, as the port will be close to the site of a remarcable Byzantine village!
A prize for Eleftherna’s supremo
Archaeology professor and Eleftherna excavator N. Stampolides was recently awarded a special prize for his contribution to archaeology
A network of fortifications in the making
An archaeological delegation from Chania, Greece is considering a proposal to join a network of cities with tower fortifications as a key element.
Greek Mythology by Karl Lagerfeld
“Mythology” is the theme of the Pirelli calendar for 2011. But how naked male and female bodies, no matter how artistically photographed, can illustrate our cultural heritage? But, exactly the same way our ancestors did it! A series of
The Athens Dialogues and the Future Past
Can Greek cultural heritage function as an inspiration for solutions to challenges faced by the world today and in the future?
Oxyrhynchus: treasured rubbish
A prosperous city in decay, its archives ending in the public dustbin, just to reappear as one of Antiquity