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Ancient Greece

British Offer to “Loan” Greece the Elgin Marbles

2022-08-02 by Phil Butler

Elgin Marbles

In a gesture of uncommon magnanimity, the British Museum has offered to loan Greece the pirated Parthenon Marbles.

Tags: ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, British Museum, Bronze Head from Ife, Elgin Marbles, Greece antiquity, Greece heirlooms, Greece legacy, Greek archaeology, Henry Christy, Jonathan Williams, Nazi archaeology, Parthenon marbles, Rosetta Stone, Waddesdon Bequest associated with the Rothschilds

Another Thing: A Local Masterpiece – A Nike by Skopas at Tegea

2021-01-29 by Argophilia Travel News

Nike

It’s time for a new apprciation of art and culture and the Nike by Skopas at Tegea, via Peter Sommer Travels.

Tags: Ancient Greece, exploring Greece, Exploring the Peloponnese, Greece tours, Greek sculpture, Greek temples, Nike of Tegea, Peter Sommers tours, Peter Sommers Travels, Skopas, Tegea ruins, Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in Arcadia, temple tours, tour guides, tours of antiquity, Travel to Greece, treasures of Greece, treasures of Samos

Eight Ancient Tombs Unearthed in the Peloponnese

2020-12-03 by Argophilia Travel News

Elis

Eight tombs have been unearthed by archaeologists in a recent salvage excavation by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia.

Tags: Ancient Greece, archaeology, Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia, Greece, Greek antiquities, Hellenic tombs

Hermes Head Unearthed During Road Work in Athens

2020-11-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Hermes head

A municipality of Athens road working crew on Aiolou Street in downtown Athens οn Friday unearthed carved head of Hermes.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Athens, Athens archaeology, god Hermes, Greece antiquity, Hermes, statues

Crete’s Ancient Sunken City of Olus Gives Up More Secrets

2020-02-07 by Phil Butler

Sunken city

Underwater excavations off Crete island are revealing more facts about the sunken city of Olous, off Elounda.

Tags: Agios Nikolaos, ancient Crete, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, archaeology, Crete antiquity, Crete archaeology, Elounda, Ierapetra, Ierapytna, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Olus, sunken cities

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