Tag: Greece
Researchers rediscover ancient parchment that served as ancient, accurate map of the sky
The catalog was thought to be lost -- but was now rediscovered.
Greece orders emergency measures as heatwave grips the country
The future is here, and it looks drenched in
Genomic studies uncover the tale of the first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe
Their customs and advances still shape our lives today.
Archaeologists in Turkey uncover wicked 2,400-year-old Dionysus mask
Now that sounds like a celebration one can get behind.
UK, Greece, Czech Republic, Albania — no longer measles-free
The resurgence of a preventable disease.
One of the largest spiderwebs in the world just appeared on a Greek shoreline
The creepy sight was triggered by warming conditions. It should disappear on its own and poses no threat to locals.
Archaeologists find oldest known extract of Homer’s “Odyssey”
The stuff of legends.
Researchers find surprisingly sophisticated prehistoric monuments off the coast of Greece
The settlement, named Dhaskalio, was simply stunning for its time.
The Greek Navy’s wooden wall — Olympias, last trireme on duty in the world
One ship to carry a huge legacy.
Greek arts may have led to the creation of the Terracotta Army in ancient China
An army made to last forever.
Ancient, 2000-year-old skeleton found in legendary Antikythera shipwreck
The ancient bones could offer valuable DNA information from an ancient shipwreck victim.
Underwater ‘lost city’ turns out to be a geological formation
It's way older than divers thought.
Luxurious Greek artefacts unearthed in the Antikythera site
The ancient Greek shipwreck that produced the awesome Antikythera mechanism, hailed as the world's first analog computer (being almost two ...
Danish archaeologists uncover ancient killing fields in the Ukraine
Chersonesos was an ancient city on the Crimean peninsula, in today's Ukraine; the name itself means 'peninsula', and Greeks founded ...
Oldest readable writing found in Europe
[caption id="attachment_5683" align="alignnone" width="501" caption="A 3500 years old Mycenaean tablet found last summer in Greece is the oldest form of ...