Left: Pedestaled krater, c. 800-770 B.C.E., 55.5 cm high, Greek, Geometric period, Rhodes. Right: Jug with a griffin-head spout,...
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Niobid Painter, Niobid Krater, Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460-450 B.C.E., 54 x 56 cm (Musée du Louvre) By Dr....
Earliest archaeological evidence of intestinal parasitic worms infecting the ancient inhabitants of Greece confirms descriptions found in...
Nestor’s Sacrifice (1805). Engraving after John Flaxman (1755-1826). Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance...
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount...
By the British Museum (Greece and Rome) / 08.08.2015 Every fourth year between 776 B.C.E. and 395 C.E.,...
Image by zerochan, deviantArt By Dr. Amy Calvert (Egypt) and the British Museum (Greece and Rome)...
The ruins of the temple of Apollon, Acropolis of Rhodes, island of Rhodes, Greece / Photo by Jebulon,...
So-called “Peplos Scene” from the east Parthenon frieze (panels E31-35). The scene may depict the peplos garment...
Lead archaeologist Lyudmil Vagalinski shows the last of the total of four ancient shrines discovered after every...
An aerial view of the Ancient Thracian mound which has turned out to hide the ruins of...
Figure 1. Rhodian rectangular amphora stamp with the name of Agathoklês [Delos, TD 4033]. By Dr. Nathan Badoud /...
Entrance to Prosilio tomb 2; horse bits found with the burial (Yannis Galanakis) The discovery this summer of...
“Ave, Caesar! Io, Saturnalia!” Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1880. / Wikimedia Commons By Cassandra Gill / 06.20.2017 Festivals...
Wikimedia Commons By Dr. David V. Johnson / 03.20.2017 Writer/Editor Stanford Social Innovation Review When it comes...
The Seated Boxer, Museo delle Terme, Rome / Photo by Bradley Weber, Flickr, Creative Commons By Dr....
By Maria Koumantaropoulou and Marios Michalides Architects Department of Cultural Buildings and Restoration of Contemporary Monuments, Greek...
By Dr. Nassia Yakovaki Assistant Professor of History University of Athens “Panepistimiou Avenue, Stadiou Street, Syntagma Square...
Section of F. Aldenhoven’s map of Athens in 1837; marked are the four abandoned building plots on...
By Dr. Leonidas KallivretakisHistorianInstitute for Neohellenic ResearchNational Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) “Athens was a Village” It is...
Elements of the Acropolis are thought to have been provided for through the public service of liturgy....
Medal struck in Morosini’s honour for his military exploits in the Morean War, by P. H. Müller,...
Byzantine Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea, Athens / Creative Commons By Dr. Nikos Moschonas Historian Institute of Byzantine...
By Alkistis Choremi Head of Department in First Ephorate of Classical and Prehestoric Antiquities Greek Ministry of...
The Stoa of Attalos at Athens – a modern reconstruction of the 2nd-century BCE building / Wikimedia...
By Dr. Manolis Korres Lecturer in Architecture International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies Topography and Excavations...
By Dr. Maria Pantelidou/Gofa Acting Professor of Archaeology University of Athens The city we live in, this...
Townley Discobolus of Myron, 2nd century CE / British Museum, London By Dr. Sebastian Scharff Postdoctoral Researcher...
Restored ruins of the Temple of Hera, ancient Doric Greek temple at Olympia, Greece / Photo by...
“Wanderer above the sea of fog” (ca. 1818), Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840). Image via Wikimedia Commons. By...