Petrified Forest
Archaeology
18-Million-Year Old Petrified Trees Unearthed on Lesvos, Greece
Excavations for rainwater drainage pipes brought to light fourteen more petrified trees in the Petrified Forest on the island of Lesvos.
"The trunks were in a very good state of preservation—they are impressive logs laid on successive strata, one above...
Environment
The Three Million-Year-Old Petrified Forest in Greece
In Laconia in southern Greece, lies a rich geological museum of a petrified forest that dates back to between two or three million years ago.
In a large seaside area that extends from Agios Nikolaos, Agia Marina, Spitha, and Voies...
Archaeology
Entire Fossilized Tree Discovered Intact on Greece's Lesvos Island
Greece's Museum of Natural History of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos announced recently a major discovery on the beautiful island of the eastern Aegean Sea.
The Museum said that they discovered a massive and almost completely intact fossilized tree, which...
Culture
The Aegean Sea ‘Travels’ to Rome
The great exhibition of the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest "AEGEAN: The Birth of the Archipelago" is hosted at the Exhibition Centre Vittoriano in Rome as of February 16.
After the successful presentation in the Eugenides Foundation...