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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

King Sarpedon and Rumors of Empires Lost and Won

2019-11-23 by Phil Butler

Sea People

Scholars unveil more and more to help us understand antiquity. But our legacy remains in the ethereal playground of King Sarpedon.

Tags: Akhenaten, archaeology, Cherethites, Crete legends, Eteocretans, Idaea, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Karfi, Knossos, Kuretes, Lukka, Lycia, Lycians, Malia, Malia Palace, Minoans, Minos, Mt. Ida, Mycenae, Mycenean, Pindar, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon, Sea People, Teucer, Troy

Crete’s Chrysi Island Gives Up More Minoan Treasures

2019-11-05 by Phil Butler

Chrisi island

A recent archaeological dig on remote Chrysi Island has led to the discovery of some impressive findings from the Minoan era.

Tags: archaeological discovery, archaeology, architectural treasure, Chrysi Island, Greek Ministry of Culture, Minoan, Minoan archaeology, Minoan find, Minoan treasures

Greece’s Lost City of Tenea Gives Up More Secrets

2019-10-23 by Phil Butler

Tenea Baths

The Greek Culture Ministry announced this week new discoveries from excavations at the ancient city of Tenea in the Peloponnese. Archaeologists led by Eleni Korka, have uncovered a complex of bathing facilities, of roughly 600 square meters, dating from between the end of the third century BC to the mid-1st century BC. The lost city […]

Tags: ancient city, archaeological discovery, archaeology, Eleni Korka, Greece archaeology, Greece ruins, Lost City of Tenea, Tenea, Trojan City, Trojan War, Trojans

Nemea’s Aidonia Dig Reveals Two Unlooted Mycenaean Period Tombs

2019-09-06 by Phil Butler

Burial chamber

Archaeologists have unearthed two new unplundered chamber tombs dating from the Late Mycenaean period of the Mycenaean palaces (circa 1400-1200 BC). Systematic research being conducted at the Aidonia dig by the Antiquities Ephorate of Corinth at the Mycenaean cemetery of Aidonia in Nemea continue to reveal fascinating new knowledge. In the first of the two […]

Tags: Aidonia, Aidonia archaeology, Aidonia dig, Aidonia tombs, archaeology, chamber tombs, Mycenaean tombs, Mycenaeans, Nemea, Nemea dig, Nemea site

The Troy of Legend Now Thought to Be Much Older

2019-08-23 by Phil Butler

Troy Walls

Recent excavations at the ancient city Troy in Turkey’s northwestern Çanakkale province reveal a much older history than previously thought.

Tags: archaeology, Bronze Age, Heinrich Schliemann, Helen of Troy, Rustem Aslan, Sophia Schliemann, Trojan War, Troy, Turkey history, William Aylward

Archaeologists Discoveries on Daskalio Islet May Redefine Ancient History

2019-07-18 by Phil Butler

Archaeologists have discovered ruins that date to 4,600 years ago on Dhaskalio Islet, an uninhabited islet off the holiday island of Naxos.

Tags: Ano Koufonisi, archaeological discovery, archaeology, architectural buildings, British School at Athens, Cambridge, Dr. Michael Boyd, Greece, Greece archaeology, Greece history, Michael Boyd, Naxos

Amazing Cycladic Antiquities Exhibition Hits Greek Isles This Summer

2019-07-09 by Delia Gavrilescu

Museum of Marble Crafts

An extensive and extremely fascinating series of exhibitions have been organized on the Cyclades islands this summer by the Cyclades Ephorate of Antiquities.

Tags: archaeology, Colin Renfrew, Cycladic Antiquities, Cycladic art, Dimitris Athanasoulis, exhibitions, Greece events, Look Opposite Exhibition, Marbles, Tomb of Agia Thekla

Archaeologists Make Stunning New Discoveries on Kythnos

2018-09-04 by Phil Butler

Ancient Kythnos

Archaeologists of the University of Thessaly announced recently, the findings of the excavation of two stunning Classical-Hellenistic buildings at the ancient city of Kythnos (Vryokastro).

Tags: adyton, archaeological discovery, archaeology, Greece excavations, Greek antiquity, Vryokastro

John Pendlebury: The Legendary “Cretan Lawrence”

2018-03-08 by Phil Butler

Horns of Knossos

Known by locals for his humanity, humor, and bravado, John Pendlebury was also famous for his intimate knowledge of Crete, its people and language, acquired by total immersion in all things Cretan while engaged as curator of the Knossos archaeological projects outside Heraklion. 

Tags: archaeology, Arthur Evans, Battle of Crete, crete, Crete legends, H.M.S. York, history of Crete, John Pendlebury, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Nikolas Platon

Archaeological Macedonia 2012 Opens

2012-12-28 by Phil Butler

Artifacts at isar-marvinci

Opened yesterday in Skopje, the sixth annual exhibition “Archaeological Macedonia 2012” shows off some 3200 ancient artifacts unearthed this year at various Macedonian archaeological sites.

Tags: Ancient Greece, archaeology, Bargala, Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska, Heraclea, Isar Marvinci, Philip of Macedonia, Skopje news, Skopje travel, Stobi

Europe’s Oldest Town Unearthed

2012-10-29 by Phil Butler

Provadia -Solnitsata

Archaeologists believe Europe’s oldest urban settlement has been discovered near the Bulgarian town of Provadia. Professor Vassil Nikolov heads a team that is excavating the so called Provadia – Solnitsata archaeological site, believed to date back as far as 4700 BCE.

Tags: ancient ruins, archaeology, Bulgaria ruins, Bulgaria treasures, Thracian, Vassil Nikolov

Fascinating Destinations: New Roman Mosaic in Lycia

2012-10-14 by Phil Butler

The Gazipaşa mosaic uncovered

Last month news of a massive Roman mosaic being unearthed in southern Turkey captured the imagination and interest of anyone interested in antiquity. Researchers unearthed what is the largest such mosaic in all Turkey, and one of the largest such decorative Roman artifacts in the world. The wonders of Turkey and antiquity make for a great Monday morning discovery. Look.

Tags: Antiochia ad Cragum, Antiochia Parva, archaeology, dig, Knights Hospitallers, Lycian, Michael Hoff, Sidyma, Turkey Travel, University of Nebraska

Greek Firm to Develop in Dion Area

2010-12-23 by Vicky Karantzavelou

Olympus from the Beach

Dion, Greece is one of the most beautiful and under developed areas in the country. An announcement by the Hellenic Tourism Development Co. of a public offering, forecasts new camping and hotel accommodations in one of Greece’s most historic areas. Under the shadow of Olympus, visitors to the area may soon have far better accommodations.

Tags: archaeology, camping in Greece, Dion Greece, Greece real estate, Greek temples, Hotel accomodations, IPO, Mount Olympus, public offerings. HTP CO., real estate development, Skotina Pieria, temples

Eastern Europe Digital Engagement 2010 – Armenia

2010-12-22 by Phil Butler

Garni Temple dating to the third Century BC

From Ararat to Ani, surrounded by the Caucasus, Armenia holds touristic secrets so many will never learn of. A place of ancient and recent wonder, from her ruined Hittite archeology to post Soviet modernization, the country has so much to offer. Unfortunately the Welcome to Armenia website conveys very little of that country, and that people’s nature. Digital brands are as important as conventional ones where travel is concerned.

Tags: ancient civilizations, Ani, archaeology, Armenia, Armenian tourism, Hittite Empire, Hittites, Mt. Araratt, Noah, Noah's Ark, Onnik Krikorian, Turkey

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