Ancient Greece - Finestre sull'Arte

Egypt, Roman tomb discovered with golden tongues and a rare papyrus from the Iliad at Bahnasa site

In Egypt, at the archaeological site of Bahnasa, in the area of Minya province, a Spanish archaeological mission has identified a tomb datable to the Roman period, along with an articulated set of artifacts that refer to funerary practices. The opera...
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Berlin finds a coin minted in Troy: it is the first Greek find in the city

A rare Greek coin from the 3rd century B.C. has been discovered in Berlin's Spandau district, marking the first Hellenistic-era find within the German capital's urban area. The small object, about 1.2 centimeters in diameter, was found by a 13-year-o...
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Greece, discoveries between Kasos and Karpathos: five Byzantine wrecks and anchors identified

A series of wrecks, commercial amphorae, Byzantine anchors and remnants of port infrastructure have been identified in the seabed between the islands of Kasos (Caso) and Karpathos (Scarpanto), in the Dodecanese (archipelago of Greece), during an unde...
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Greece, marble fragment possibly linked to Parthenon marbles emerges from 1802 shipwreck

Systematic underwater archaeological research on the historic wreck of the brig Mentor, conducted by theEphorate of Underwater Antiquities of Greece under the direction of archaeologist Dimitrios Kourkoumelis-Rodostamos, deputy director of the servic...
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Greece, Pella Palace reborn: Alexander the Great's mansion restored

In Greece , the Palace of the ancient city of Pella, the birthplace and growth place of Alexander the Great, has been restored.The results of the work were presented the day before yesterday by Hellenic Culture Minister Lina Mendoni to the local comm...
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Discovered the function of the double wall of the Minoan palace in Crete. Here's what it was used for

A seemingly unusual building technique, far removed from the usual architectural focus of the Minoans, emerged clearly in the 2025 excavation campaign of the Palace of Archanes, at Tourkoyeitonia on the island of Crete , Greece, at the center of the ...
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Restoration of the Temple of Apollo Opilite in Karditsa, Greece, gets underway.

TheGreek Ministry of Culture , through the Directorate for the Restoration of Ancient Monuments, has initiated a project for the protection, restoration and enhancement of the archaic temple of Apollo Opilite, located in the area of theAncient Metrop...
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Here's why Frank Miller's 300 is a good comic book

When in 1998 Frank Miller (Olney, 1957), an American cartoonist and screenwriter, published 300, published by Dark Horse Comics, the American comics landscape was undergoing a phase of transformation: the superhero language was seeking new avenues, a...
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