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Archaeologists Unearth Two More Magnificent Bronze Age Tombs at Pylos

2019-12-18 by Phil Butler

Tholos Tomb VI

Archaeologists have discovered two new monumental royal tombs dating from 3,500 years ago at the site of the ancient city of Pylos.

Tags: Agamemnon, Ancient Greece, Classics, Greece, Greek history, Griffon Warrior, Jack L. Davis, Minoan seals, Mycenaean tombs, Mycenaeans, Pylos, Sharon R. Stocker, Troy, University of Cincinnati

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

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

Odysseus’ Palace Archaeological Dig on Ithaca to Continue

2018-08-29 by Phil Butler

Ithaki

A visit to from Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras is cause for renewed enthusiasm over continued excavations at the Palace of Odysseus on the island of Ithaca (Ithaki).

Tags: Achilles, Alexis Tsipras, archaeological discovery, Homer, Ithaca, Ithaki, Odysseus, Palace of Odysseus, Thanassis Papadopoulos, Trojan War, Troy

Paradise By Any Other Name – Cyprus

2011-08-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Siren's song

Cyprus, this beautiful Island of immeasurable historic and aesthetic value. Kipro to the Greeks, Kibris to the Turkish, by whatever name this ancient paradise is called, its name is a sirens song.

Tags: Ajax, Cypriot, Cyprus destinations, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Greece, Island tourism, Kykkos Monastery, Larnaca, Med travel, Paphos, Saint Hilarion Castle, Salamina, Sardenia, Sicily, Toja, Troy, Turkey, Turkish travel

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