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The Amphipolis tomb excavation site is in danger of being buried under the sand due to neglect and weather conditions, said Greek Deputy Minister of Culture Nikos Xydakis. The Amphipolis tomb discovery was one of the ten most important findings...

The remains found in the grave of the Amphipolis tomb, Greece , belong to five dead and not one, as archaelogists had initially thought. Greece 's Ministry of Culture made an official announcement today saying that the laboratory results of...

The third chamber of the tomb of Amphipolis is the last one. This was announced earlier by the Ministry of Culture, spreading disappointment to those expecting a happy ending at the ongoing excavation and the mystery about the occupant...

The discovery of the missing sphinx's head inside the third chamber of the Amphipolis tomb – 12 meters from the entrance– has raised several intriguing questions for excavation chief Katerina Peristeri and her team of archaeologists. Why was the head found so...

Archaeologists attempting to reach the next chamber in the Amphipolis tomb have struck a wall of dirt. After cleaning and exposing the mosaic floor in the third chamber, it seems that entering the fourth chamber – or hallway –...

Archaeologists have publicized photos of a stunning mosaic floor recently excavated within the ancient tomb of Amphipolis in northern Greece. According to the Greek Ministry of Culture, the beautiful mosaic was discovered in the second chamber of the tomb, the...

The Antikythera Mechanish is known for being the world’s oldest computer device. It was used by ancient Greeks to track the solar system's cycles. The device was discovered by sponge divers near a shipwreck just off the coast of the Greek...

Most of the earth around the two sphinxes found under the apse at the Casta Tumulus in Amphipolis has been removed, the Culture Ministry announced, revealing the upper register of a marble lintel with frescoes under the sphinxes' base. The...

Archaeologists from USA and Greece are working in the area of Kavousi, on the island of Crete, to uncover an ancient Greek city that had been lost for millennia. Archaeologists and students from North Carolina and across the US, as well...

Hundreds of Greek civil servants demonstrated in Athens on April 17 against plans by the government to axe thousands of state jobs this year to meet austerity goals on the orders of international lenders. Archaeologists, hospital workers and other...