The Greek island of Thasos is located in the northern part of the Aegean Sea, near the Thracian coast, and its capital, also called Thasos, is located in the northern part of the island. It was founded around 680 B.C. by settlers from the island of Paros. One of the most famous athletes of antiquity […]
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Posted inClassical Archaeology
A Strange and Huge Temple, inside which Sacrifices Were Performed, was Found in the Sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia in Euboea
For the past four years, archaeologists have been carefully excavating an ancient temple located at the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia in the island of Euboea (Greece). This summer, their work revealed new clues about what life was like in ancient times. The temple, built around 700 BC, was larger than expected at over 100 feet […]
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Analysis reveals Glass Artifacts found in the Acropolis of Ialysos, Rhodes, a Century ago are 2,700-year-old Magnifying Lenses
A team of researchers from the Illinois State University, Western Illinois University, and the University of California at San Diego, conducted a detailed study of a set of artifacts discovered in the early 20th century by Italian archaeologists on the island of Rhodes, Greece. These curious flat-convex glass objects mounted on bronze rings could be […]
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The Colossus of Dionysus and the kouroi of Flerio, Greek statues from the 6th century B.C. that remain unfinished in the quarries of Naxos.
The island of Naxos is the largest of the Cyclades in extension, famous and coveted since ancient times for its wealth and its white marble, with quarries exploited until today (only those of crystalline marble). As it happens in Egyptian quarries, where obelisks remain, or in those of Rapa Nui, with half-finished moai, in those […]
