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After 14 years, the imposing enclosure wall of the Kasta Tomb has been revealed almost in its entirety (photos)
Awe-inspiring images from the funerary monument in Mesolakkia, Serres, where Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni visited to oversee restoration works. The monument is expected to be fully opened to the public in 2028
A headless marble statue of the goddess Athena was discovered in Turkey (video-photos)
The statue of Athena was found among piles of rubble, facing downward, at the outer wall of the stage building of the Western Theater in the ancient city of Laodicea (modern-day Denizli)
The stomach of an Egyptian mummy concealed a copy of the Iliad – Archaeologists were stunned (photos)
The mummy had been buried during the Roman period in Oxyrhynchus about 1,600 years ago. It is the first time a Greek literary text has been found embedded in a mummy’s body as part of the embalming process
The lost Alexandria on the Tigris founded by Alexander the Great discovered in Iraq: Its enormous size surprised archaeologists (photos)
The ancient city was founded in the 4th century BC as a port linking trade from India with Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world, and it fell into obscurity after the 3rd century AD
Erich von Däniken, Swiss bestselling author who linked ancient civilizations to extraterrestrials, dies at 90
The Swiss author whose bestselling books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him international fame
Crete, Pompeii & Stonehenge: The most important archaeological discoveries of 2025 that overturn what we knew
The 4,000-year-old Labyrinth and the myth of the Minotaur – New findings in Pompeii – 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain reveals trade networks – Submerged megalithic formations off the coast of France
