An archaeological excavation in Greece has revealed the remains of an ancient monumental building replete with marble lion sculptures and intriguing gold artifacts, among other finds. The dig, which ...
When one thinks of white, marble art and clear, cerulean waters of Tinos island, Greece comes to mind. The two are synonymous ...
Archaeologists working in southwestern Spain have uncovered what is now identified as a fragment of the oldest known Greek marble altar in the western Mediterranean. Carved in fine marble and shaped ...
The marble column discovered at Casas del Turuñuelo. Credit: Proyecto Construyendo Tarteso (IAM-CSIC) The team from the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida (IAM, CSIC-Government of Extremadura), led by ...
When a shepherd—the only resident on the three-square-mile island of Despotikó—spotted a Byzantine coin lying in his goat pen in 2010, it was like finding an “X” on a treasure map, but the coin was ...
Getting close to this active volcano just got a little easier ...