Greece’s government announced that it will issue special coins to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of…
Ancient Greece
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ArtsCulture
Harvard Offering Free Distance Learning Class on the Ancient Greek Hero; More Than 40,000 People Have Registered
Through its innovative distance learning program called EDX, Harvard University is offering a class called…
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GreeceNews
Univ. of Cincinnati Archaeologists Unearth Gold-Layered Mycenaean Tombs Filled With Treasures in Peloponnesos
Archaeologists with the University of Cincinnati have discovered two Bronze Age tombs near Pylos in…
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There is very little that is British in the British Museum, the joke goes, it…
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A well known Bronze Age fresco on a Greek island shows a monkey from thousands…
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Diaspora
From Knossos to Atlanta’s Carlos Museum: New Curator First Inspired by Greek History as 11-Year-Old Teen Visiting Crete
She was an eleven-year-old traveling teen during a family holiday on Crete when she first…
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Greece’s Culture Ministry says three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of…
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A well-preserved fresco depicting an erotic scene from the Greek myth Leda and the Swan…
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Feasts of thanks, parades, grand marshals and even flower-decorated floats— if you thought all of…
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After more than 2,000 years, the Battle of Thermopylae remains widely depicted and revered in…