Archaeologists have possibly come across the world’s oldest intact shipwreck in the Black Sea
Last week we talked about one of the largest concentrations of shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. As it turns out, the ancient Greek colonies along…
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Ancient Athens remarkably reconstructed in an upcoming video game
Graphical fidelity has played its role in many a modern video game. The advantage of this impressive visual scope can also have its incredible effect…
6th Century Highway, Villa With Thermae Among The Latest Finds Of Thessaloniki Metro Dig
A headless statue of Aphrodite, a 15-meter fountain, 50,000 coins and the remnants of intricate mosaics dating back to the 4th century AD. The Thessaloniki Metro…
Video presents the history of the ancient Greeks in just 18 minutes
Often considered as the cradle of the Western civilization, the legacy of the ancient Greeks doesn’t pertain to their conquests and imperialism, but rather entails…
Time-lapse animation presents the history of the Greeks from 743 BC to 2016 AD
Often considered as the cradle of the Western civilization, the legacy of the ancient Greeks doesn’t pertain to their conquests and imperialism, but rather their…
Ancient Greek city of Tanais in present-day Russia boasted an impressive system of fortifications
The ancient Greek city of Tanais was pretty unique, by virtue of its remote location in the Don river delta, in what is now the…
How the ancient Greek statues really looked? Possibly pretty vibrant with various colors
To most of us history enthusiasts, the phrase Classical Greece brings forth reveries of temples, sanctuaries and sculptures in their distinctly white marble facades. This…
The ancient Greek ‘Valley of the Temples’ at Akragas and the mysterious orientations
A few days ago we talked about how archaeologists might have located the ancient theater at Akragas, Sicily. Well a study conducted in 2015, by…
Elegantly contrived vase animation presents the Greek Hoplites at war
The Greek word for military equipment roughly translates to hopla, and thus a hoplite simply pertained to the ancient Greek version of the ‘man at…
Listen to the ‘accurate’ reconstruction of Ancient Greek music with the world’s oldest known complete song
From the historical perspective many scholars believe that music played an integral role in the lives of ordinary ancient Greeks, given its role in most…
