2,000-Year-Old Marble Relic From the Temple of Olympian Zeus Recovered from Sicilian Seabed

Medicine & Technology Feb 13, 2024

Beneath the waves, underwater archaeologists uncover a marble relic from Sicily's Temple of Olympian Zeus, emerging to reveal ancient grandeur. Check out more details in this article.

Ancient Egyptian Sunken Underwater Temple Found To Hold Extraordinary Treasures and Secrets

Sep 20, 2023

The archaeologists found gold jewelry, silver ritual instuments, and alabaster containers inside the ancient Egyptian sunken underwater temple. Read to learn more.

1,800-Year-Old Medusa Mosaic With Wings from the Roman Era Discovered in Spain; Four Peacocks Surrounded Her

Aug 03, 2023

During the Greek period, Medusa was sometimes given pointy teeth, tusks, and even a beard; but during the Roman period, they gave her similar features to Alexander the Great. Read to learn more.

Pompeii Tomb Reveals Perfectly Preserved Mummy of Slave-Turned-Cult Priest, Other Evidence of Cultural Diversity

Aug 18, 2021

A new Pompeii discovery includes a perfectly mummified man along with several artifacts, unearthed in the Porta Sano necropolis. The excavated historical pieces show the cultural diversity of Pompeii during the reign of the Roman empire.

AI Pythia Restores Damaged Ancient Greek Tablet in Seconds

Oct 19, 2019

Pythia, an AI algorithm, beats human epigraphists in deciphering Ancient Greek inscriptions in a matter of seconds.

Greek Fishermen Are Netting More Garbage than Fish

Mar 31, 2019

The Greek are cleaning up their waterways.

Demystifying Archaic 1500 Year Old Palindromic Amulet

Jan 20, 2015

Time is the one constant variable in all of our lives. Minutes push by, hours pass over, and years ring around the trunks of senior trees. 1,500 years is a time scale that may seem almost immeasurable at times, but a new discovery reveals that it has been written down, recorded to a tee. An excavation near the ancient city of Nea Paphos had unearthed an amulet of such an age that inscribed written language on one side and curiously depicted both Greek and Egyptian gods on the other.