antiquity

The last five years of archaeological research and excavation in central Greece's Petroto village, near the Trikala area, has unearthed a major settlement that dates back to the late Bronze Age. The archaeologists, led by Maria Vaiopoulou, the Karditsa Ephorate of...

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports announced that an ancient marble engraved column of Attica style, likely a tombstone, was repatriated to Greece. The object was illegally exported from Greece and it was found at an auction of antiquities...

A slab of marble with an ancient inscription was confiscated by the Hellenic Police in the area of Vathy in Evia. The object is of great historical value and, subsequently, is of big financial value as well. It was hidden...

Modern methods of geoinformatics, such as electrical tomography and magnetic mapping, were used by the Greek Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in an underwater and coastal research carried out from July 21 to 23 and...

Spanish police reported that a French couple was allegedly caught looting ancient coins, brooches and other artifacts from an archaeological site, containing numerous ancient Greek and Roman ruins. The couple was found by police inside a vehicle that was parked...

The Athens International Tattoo Convention sets the pace of the tattoo community in Greece for the 9th year in a row. The convention which lasts three days, May 15 to 17, will take place at Tae Kwon Do Stadium,...