To the ancient Greeks, their land was not just confined to Greece and the nearby islands as we know it today. Aside from Asia Minor, which had many Greek cities, a large portion of Italy was also their land....
Archaeologists in southern Italy have documented one of the region's longest stretches of continuous settlement, according to a new study published in the journal Antiquity. The research, led by Giulia Recchia of Sapienza University of Rome, traces thousands of...
An ancient shipwreck carrying more than 300 amphorae has been identified off the Ionian coast of Calabria, offering rare evidence of the maritime trade that connected the Greek colonies of Magna Graecia in southern Italy more than 2,400 years...
An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to reconstruct the genetic and social makeup of a Bronze Age community in Calabria, southern Italy, offering rare insight into how early societies in the region were organized about 3,500...
A radical map that emerged from British planning circles during the lead-up to the Tehran Conference in late 1943 shows that British PM Winston Churchill entertained the idea that Greece should take control of southern Italy (Magna Graecia) as...
Archaeologists in Southern Italy have unearthed several significant artifacts, including two helmets, fragments of weapons and armor, and pottery shards, at an archaeological site in the ancient Greek city of Velia.
Velia was the Roman name of the ancient city...
An ancient Greek grave with a Nestor's Cup that was believed to contain the remains of a child has recently been found to be the burial place of three adults.
Ancient Greeks normally buried their loved ones in pithoi, large...
The city originally called Poseidonia was established by Greek colonists some twenty-five hundred years ago, and was one of the most important sanctuaries in Magna Graecia (modern-day southern Italy) at that time. The city fell in the ruling hands...
In 2015, a group of musicians came together thanks to their love of southern Italian folk songs with archaeo-Greek dialect influences and started performing interpreted songs.
Led by musician Pierpaolo Sicuro, the group was formed in Thessaloniki in 2015 and derived its name,...
