Repatriation of an inscribed pediment of a funerary stele to Cyprus

Repatriation of an inscribed pediment of a funerary stele to Cyprus

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, has announced that on Thursday 12th September 2019 an impor...

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Greek President lashes out at British Museum over Parthenon sculptures

Greek President lashes out at British Museum over Parthenon sculptures

Tough words by the Greek President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, towards the British Museum on the thorny issue of the Parthenon sculptures. S...

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16th season at pre-Minoan cemetery at Petras in Siteia concluded

16th season at pre-Minoan cemetery at Petras in Siteia concluded

Systematic excavations have continued for the 16th year at Petras in Siteia, the main gateway to Eastern Crete for exotic products and raw ...

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Archaic stone head found in Paestum temple

Archaic stone head found in Paestum temple

A late-archaic stone head has been found in the Temple of Athena at the ancient Greek site of Paestum (Poseidonia) near Salerno, archaeolog...

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Unique grave of Roman-era warlord found in Czech Republic

Unique grave of Roman-era warlord found in Czech Republic

A unique grave of a second century warlord has been found in the south-east Moravian town of Uhersky Brod. Aside from human remains, the gr...

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Unveiling of 'Calpeia' – the face of a 7500-year-old Gibraltarian woman

Unveiling of 'Calpeia' – the face of a 7500-year-old Gibraltarian woman

A forensic reconstruction of the head of a Neolithic woman who lived in Gibraltar 7,500 years ago was unveiled by the Minister for Heritage...

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New finds at Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou in Cyprus

New finds at Erimi-Laonin tou Porakou in Cyprus

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works has announced the completion of the 2019 excavation season o...

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Roman-era 'lovers of Modena', buried hand-in-hand, were men

Roman-era 'lovers of Modena', buried hand-in-hand, were men

A pair of fifth-century skeletons buried hand-in-hand and known since their discovery in 2009 as the "lovers of Modena" are both ...

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Ancient settlement located at Pyrgari, on Greek island of Evia

Ancient settlement located at Pyrgari, on Greek island of Evia

An important settlement from historical times was located while monitoring technical works for the installation of a wind farm at Pyrgari-D...

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The enigma of Bronze Age tin

The enigma of Bronze Age tin

The origin of the tin used in the Bronze Age has long been one of the greatest enigmas in archaeological research. Now researchers from Hei...

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Roman bronze cauldron unearthed in central Norway burial cairn

Roman bronze cauldron unearthed in central Norway burial cairn

Sometime around 150-300 CE a person died at the place now called Gylland in the Gaula River valley, in southern Trondelag county. After the...

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Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg

Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg

Palorchestid marsupials, an extinct group of Australian megafauna, had strange bodies and lifestyles unlike any living species, according t...

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