22,000 Roman Coins from 1,500 Years Ago: A Detector’s Treasure.
22,000 Roman Coins from 1,500 Years Ago: A Detector’s Treasure. An amateur metal detectorist has unearthed one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in…
Mysterious Mermaid Mummy Investigated By Scientists
For hundreds of years, this strange “mermaid mummy” has been kept at a temple where it was worshipped by believers hoping the enigmatic creature could bring them…
3-fingered ‘alien mummies’ found in Peru have fingerprints that do not appear to be human: report
They’re still trying to put their finger on this mystery. Humanoid, three-fingered “alien mummies” discovered in Peru last year have “straight” fingerprints that do not match those of humans,…
Archaeology Sheds Light On Why Some Ancient Societies Were More Unequal Than Others
November 26, 1922, marks what is arguably the most famous discovery in the history of archaeology. On that day, the British Egyptologist Howard Carter made a small…
Hadrian’s Gate in downtown Athens, below Acropolis; a Gateway to History
The Arch of Hadrian (Greek: Αψίδα του Αδριανού) commonly referred to as Hadrian’s Gate in Greek, is a monumental gateway that bears some resemblance to a Roman…
Caryatids: The Daughters of Athens
Caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as architectural support in the place of a column or a pillar. Its purpose in architecture is mainly decorative. The…
Enigma Of San Bernardo Mummies That Refuse To Decompose
Due to their extraordinary condition the San Bernardo mummies are undoubtedly an enigma. The mummies simply refuse to decompose, and no-one can explain why. Unlike other ᴅᴇᴀᴅ…
With and Without Homer: Reframing Aegean Art
Pictorial Style bowl (krater), Mycenaean, c. 1375 B.C.E., 41 cm high (The British Museum) The epic stories of the Iliad and Odyssey present the decade-long war between…
Greek World Heritage Sites
Greece, the ‘cradle of western civilization’, is home to a large number of spectacular sites from the ancient world, several of which have been placed on the UNESCO…
Bizarre Ancient Capuchin Crypt ‘Decorated’ With The Bones Of 4,000 Monks
Under the city of Rome, there is a maze of long-forgotten ancient pᴀssages and temples; there are millennia-old underground burial chambers, which remember times when Christianity was…