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Roman-era ceramic vessels, plates, bowls and trays found in a 2,100-year-old shipwreck off Antalya
The ship is believed to have departed from the ancient settlement of Rhossus and been heading to Rome — Why the cargo was found in remarkably good condition and its connection to the Roman orator Cicero
Ancient Olympia: New projects underway at the archaeological site (photos)
“Ancient Olympia is at the center of a comprehensive, long-term plan by the Ministry of Culture to protect, restore and showcase its unique monumental heritage,” Lina Mendoni says
“It was the most important moment in my 30 years at sea”: He went diving for fish and discovered the 2,400-year-old shipwreck off Andros (photos)
The spearfisherman and professional diving instructor discovered the shipwreck in 2018 and reported it to the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in 2021. In 2025, he returned to the site with archaeologists and showed them its exact location
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
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
