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Aegean archaeology

Sissi Archaeological Project to Move Forward in 2021

2021-03-23 by Phil Butler

Sissi Archaeological Project

The Sissi Archaeological Project moves forward in 2021 unearthing the secrets of the Minoans.

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean history, Archaeological Institute of America, archaeology, Belgian School at Athens, Bronze Age, Crete archaeology, Gavin McGuire, INSTAP, Jan Driessen, Minoan Crete, Minoans, Rosemarie McGuire, Sarpedon, Sissi Archaeological Project, Sissi Village, Vrachasi Old School

Researchers Make Headway Untangling Crete’s Linear A Number System

2020-09-22 by Phil Butler

Linear A fragment

Scientists at the University of Bologna say they have finally begun to unravel part of the mysterious Linear A that has puzzled linguists and archaeologists for decades. In a statement released recently, the University’s professor of Aegean Philology, Dr. Silvia Ferrara says she and her colleagues conducted a new study of the 3,500-year-old Minoan system […]

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean civilizations, ancient languages, Bronze Age, Crete archaeology, Linear A, Linear B, Minoan language, Minoan math, philology

Greece’s Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago

2019-11-24 by Phil Butler

SNAP

Neanderthals and early humans may have made it to the Greek island of Naxos, about 24 miles south of Mykonos, some 200,000 years ago.

Tags: Aegean archaeology, antiquity, archaeology, Greece, Greece anthropology, Greek history, Greek Isles, McMaster University, Mediterranean, Naxos Island, prehistory, Stelida Naxos, Stelida Naxos Archeological Project, Tristan Carter

5th Meeting for the Archaeological Work in Crete Going On in Rethymno

2019-11-21 by Phil Butler

The Sissi Archaeological Project

From November 21st – 24th in Rethymno, the 5th meeting on Archaeological Work in Crete takes place at the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno.

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Anavlochos, Athanasia Kanta, Belgian School at Athens, Crete archaeology, Crete discoveries, Dr. Adrianos Psychas, Dr. Alessandro Greco, Dr. Athanasia Kanta, Dr. Fausto Longo, Dr. Florence Gaignerot-Driessen, Dr. Jan Driessen, Dr. Peter Tomkins, Minoans, Sissi archaeology, University of Crete

Undersea Archaeologists Discover Ancient Shipwrecks Off Kasos Island

2019-11-12 by Phil Butler

Dr. George Koutsouflakis

Archaeologists have discovered ancient and medieval shipwrecks off the Dodecanese island of Kasos, according to Greece’s Ministry of Culture.

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean Shipwrecks, Dodecanese Islands, Dr. George Koutsouflakis, Greece archeology, Greek Culture Ministry, Greek shipwrecks, Karos Island, Kasos Island, RPM Nautical Foundation

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