A unique Byzantine inscription using some Greek letters was discovered recently on Gerasun Island, the only inhabited island in the Black Sea. Credit: Facebook/Ioannis GeorgopoulosA unique Byzantine inscription from the fourteenth century was recently dis
The figurines of Demeter and Persephone recently discovered in Anapa. Credit: Twitter/HistoryHellenicFigurines representing theancient Greekgoddess Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, were unearthed at a construction site in the Black Sea resort town of
The statue of a female discovered on July 27 in Perge, Antalya, Turkey. Credit: Turkish Ministry of CultureAn ancient statue was unearthed on Monday in the Turkish province of Antalya, near theancient Greekcity of Perge.Believed to have been made around t
Ancient ruins in Sozopol, Bulgaria. Credit: Mister No/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 3.0Ancient Greekheritage from six centuries before Christ has been uncovered by archaeologists exploring theancient Helleniccolony of Apollonia Pontica in modern-day Bulgaria.Ac
Archaeologists in Italy are just now announcing the discovery of ten spectacular Etruscan tombs. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia BelleArti Paesaggio Etruria MeridionaleArchaeologists in Italy are just now announcing the discovery of ten spectacular Etr
Theancient Greekmosaic discovered in Hayat, Turkey. Credit: Archaeology and Art/TwitterA magnificent ancient Greek mosaic discovered in Hatay, Turkey continues to amaze archaeologists and historians who are attempting to ascertain the exact meaning of its
Archeologists have found 18,000 ostraca, or pottery fragments containing writing, in an excavation of the ancient Egyptian city of Athribis. Credit: University of Tubingen.Over 18,000 ancient “notepads” — many written in Greek — were uncovered by archaeol
The jewelry had been buried alongside 155 entombed people.
It's only the second known ancient armor of its kind.
The ancient hoard's "value must have been immense."
The tombs belong to a wealthy clan from 3,000 years ago.
The arena sat on the northern edge of the empire's frontier.
Experts are calling them hybrid Byzantine ring pommeled swords.
The emperor's "afterlife army" just got bigger.
Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armor found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China. Design and construction details of the armor indicate that it originated in the Neo-Assyrian Empire between the 6
