Greece

Three bronze swords dating back to the Mycenaean civilization were discovered recently near the city of Aegio, in the Peloponnese. The swords, among other finds, were found in an ancient tomb, dating back to the 12th to 11th century...

University of Cincinnati researchers unearthed an intricately carved gem; or sealstone, which they believe is one of the finest works of prehistoric Greek art ever discovered. The "Pylos Combat Agate," as the seal has come to be known since it was...

Pottery decorated with zigzag motifs was found in an ancient Greek tomb, in the city of Corinth in southern Greece. The tomb, dating back approximately 2,800 years, was built between 800 B.C. and 760 B.C., a time when Corinth was emerging as a major power...

Thousands of worshippers defied the Covid-19 scare to travel to Thessaloniki over the weekend in order to pay their respects to Greek Orthodox Saint Paisios, whose tomb is located at the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian. Elder Paisios was...

Two American archaeologists announced on Tuesday that they have uncovered two magnificent tombs at the site of the ancient city of Pylos in southern Greece, which belong to a period known as Late Helladic IIA, which lasted from 1600...

Thousands of people queued from early in the morning on Wednesday to pray at the  tomb of Saint Paisios in northern Greece. On Thursday, July 12, the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of Elder Paisios, whose holy canonization was made on...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek parliament on Thursday. The Tomb is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the...

Talking to reporters during the presentation of a new temporary exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Culture and Sports Minister Lydia Koniordou on Wednesday noted that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis will probably...

A Greek team are the first to have exposed the original rock where Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been buried in Jerusalem. The conservation project headed by the team from the National Technical University of Athens in...

Two young Greeks discovered an ancient tomb near the region of Zagori. Archaeologists were excited to find that the tomb had not been looted and they estimated that it dates back to the Byzantine times. The tomb was found right...

"I have no hard proof, but strong indications lead me to an almost certainty," said archaeologist Kostas Sismanidis who made the claim of finding Aristotle's tomb. In his extensive research, Sismanidis first established that the tomb belongs to an important...

Greek archaeologist, excavator and professor of classical archaeology Panagiotis Faklaris told Greek radio on Thursday that there is no indication that the Amphipolis tomb has any connection to Hephaestion or that Alexander the Great had ordered its construction. "There is...

A year ago archaeologists came across a unique monument, the largest ancient Greek tomb that has ever been found in the country. The Amphipolis tomb, built on Casta hill, near Serres, northern Greece, attracted media attention from across the globe since it was believed...

To the Kessariani War Memorial, where he laid flowers in tribute to those executed by the Nazis during the country's 1941-1944 occupation, went the new Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, straight after his oath before the President of the Hellenic...

The Amphipolis tomb was the theme of the gi-Cluster Game Jam 2014, a three-day event where computer programmers competed on creating a game about the burial monument. The gi-Cluster Game Jam 2014 that took place December 12-14 at the gi-Cluster...