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Excavation at royal gymnasium of Alexander the Great reveals colonnades, stadium and styluses
The findings from the Mieza site further support archaeologists' scientific theory that the location was the very place where Alexander the Great and the royal youths of Macedonia were educated under the guidance of Aristotle
The “Resurrection” of Mystras after 777 years of decay & 42 years of restoration work: The castle town is now open to visitors
The Palace of the Palaiologoi, the Throne Hall, the Kantakouzenos wings, and the administrative quarters of the Despotate have been restored and are opening to the public. Professor of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens, Stefanos Sinos, who worked on the restoration for 31 years, speaks to Proto Thema
The imposing enclosure of the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis has been fully revealed for the first time (photos)
So far, the unveiling of the ancient enclosure, the restoration of the original geometry of the mound’s slopes, and the surrounding area have all been completed
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
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