Archaeologists Find Remarkable Marble Statue of Greek God Hermes in Ancient Sewer
Bulgarian archaeologists conducting routine excavations made an extraordinary discovery in an ancient sewer system at Heraclea Sintica: a pristine marble statue of the Greek god Hermes. Believed to have been buried to protect it from overzealous Christianized Romans, the statue was ...
Ancient Hazelnuts are Being Used by Archaeologists to Reconstruct Prehistoric Woodlands
Archaeologists are delving into the depths of prehistory with an unlikely tool: ancient hazelnuts. A team from Oxford University has pioneered a method to glean insights into prehistoric woodlands by analyzing well-preserved hazelnut shells. By examining the carbon quantities within ...
Greek Archaeologists Use The Iliad as a Map to Find 10 Ancient Shipwrecks
A journey spanning millennia, Greek archaeologists have embarked on an extraordinary quest to unveil the secrets hidden beneath the waves off the shores of Kasos, an island steeped in myth and history. Spanning nearly 5,000 years of maritime activity, the discovery of ten ancient ...
