Crete has been an island for five million years – so the discovery of artefacts that are at least 130,000 years old on the island implies that pre-modern humans, such as Homo heidelbergensis, must have been long-distance seafarers. Thus reason the members of a team of archaeologists led by Professor Thomas Strasser, of the […]
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Lefkandi
The Greek Dark Ages are no longer dark: the excavations at Lefkandi on the island of Euboea, led by Irene Lemos, have brought them into the light.
Crete, the Island that Tipped
Crete lies in an earthquake zone. This has affected the island over the centuries, but how? In the 1850’s Captain Spratt, RN, worked it out
Athens Revisited
A walk through the heart of Athens, taking in the latest archaeological gems, but ably avoiding the crowded Acropolis
Olympic Link on Antikythera Mechanism
CWA catch up on research in to the 2,000 year old scientific instrument slavaged off the coast of Antikythera
Byzantine Kastoria in Greece
Richard Hodges explores Byzantine Kastoria in Greece
British Museum: Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece Jenifer Neils British Museum Press, pb £14.99 The Ancient Greeks for Dummies Stephen Batchelor, John Wiley pb £15.99 What was the ‘legacy’ of the ancient Greeks? The answer, of course, is very little: an alliance of Greek aristocrats, Hellenistic kings, and Roman viceroys drained the wellspring of […]
Ancient Greeks for Dummies, The
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece Jenifer Neils British Museum Press, pb £14.99 The Ancient Greeks for Dummies Stephen Batchelor, John Wiley pb £15.99 What was the ‘legacy’ of the ancient Greeks? The answer, of course, is very little: an alliance of Greek aristocrats, Hellenistic kings, and Roman viceroys drained the wellspring of […]
Linear B Tablets
When Arthur Evans started digging at Knossos on Crete in 1900, a major aim was to find inscriptions and prove that the ancient Cretans had been literate.
Messene uncovered
An extended feature on Messene, the best preserved city in the southern Peloponnese
Second Royal Tomb of Vergina Reveals Alexander the Great, The
According to the archaeologist Manolis Andronikos, the Royal Tombs of Vergina, in northern Greece, belong to King Phillip II (388-336 BC) and his wife. However, D. Papazois, a retired Major General and a meticulous historical researcher, has a different view. After over a decade of research through the historical sources and through detailed examination of […]
The Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lycaion
David Gilman Romano reports on Zeus’ cultic site, with its mountain-top ash alter, famed throughout Ancient Greek
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