Thracian Treasure Chest
"The Thracians are the most powerful people in the world, except, of course, for the Indians,” wrote the fifth-century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus. In...
True Love: Ancient Romeo And Juliet Found In Romania
Archaeologists investigating a Dominican monastery courtyard found, as media refers to them, Romanian Romeo and Juliet. The skeletons found belong to a young couple...
From desk drawer to top-drawer: the Cotsen turns 40
The 1973 beginnings of UCLA’s Institute of Archaeology hardly signaled greatness. Its annual budget was a paltry $6,000. Founding director Giorgio Buccellati had a...
Archaeologists Explore Early Bronze Age Settlement on Greek Island of Keros
Keros Island. It is known for the famous assemblage of fragmentary Cycladic marble figurines popularly known as the "Keros Hoard", a collection of artifacts...
Did an Earthquake Destroy Ancient Greece?
The grand Mycenaens, the first Greeks, inspired the legends of the Trojan Wars, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." Their culture abruptly declined around 1200...
Çatalhöyük ancient city helps Konya become a tourism hub
Young diplomats from all over the world have visited the ancient city of Çatalhöyük ancient city as part of Tourism Week events, which were...