Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The ancient Greek historian Strabo referred to the presence of an important shrine located on the west coast of the Peloponnese some 2,000
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Prehistoric Cycladic figurines carved in marble are very ancient artifacts that appeared in the Cycladic society, many centuries before the arising of the famous Minoan Civilization. Harp
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Monkeys appear in Grecian frescoes dating back to the Bronze Age 3,600 years ago, but monkeys are not native to Greece or the
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Ten skeletal remains—four women and six men likely of high social standing—were discovered in the Paliokastro site on Thasos island in Greece. Their bones
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – People have always turned to a higher power to solve their problems or seek advice. Cursing others was a widespread and popular activity
MessageToEagle.com – A team of archaeologists from University of Gothenburg, Sweden and University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom have stumbled upon the previously unknown 2,500-year-old city located near the
MessageToEagle.com – On September 12, 490 BC, the Battle of Marathon was fought on the plain of Marathon. The battle between the Athenians and the Persians is one
MessageToEagle.com – Unesco has placed nine new sites on its World Heritage List, including the ancient city of Ani, an Armenian city located in northeast Turkey. The 9 new
MessageToEagle.com – Since ancient times, people have constructed mazes. They were created in countless geometric variations, which are complex and intricate. Mazes and labyrinths have been found on
MessageToEagle.com – Outside the coast of Zakynthos there is an ancient long-lost Greek underwater city. The ancient underwater ruins of Zakynthos have been a controversial topic for many years. Some
MessageToEagle.com – This tapestry was unearthed during excavations in 1983/84 at an ancient burial site in the Tarim Basin’s oasis settlement of Sampul (or Shanpula) in western China.
MessageToEagle.com – Dodona (Greek Dōdōnē) was an ancient Greek town located in Epirus, historical region now shared between Greece and Albania. Dodona was the ancient seat of the oracle
MessageToEagle.com – In the vicinity of Meteora, a beautiful and strange rock formation in ancient Greece there are a number of intriguing ancient caves. One of them is the
MessageToEagle.com – On May 7, 1832, the independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. In May 1832, Lord Palmerston, who took over as British Foreign Secretary and
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In April 1822, a horrible massacre took place on the Greek island of Chios. The awful event shocked several European countries and forced ancient
MessageToEagle.com – On April 8, 1820, the Greek farmer Yorgos Kentrotas stumbled across a damaged statue inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos, the current village
MessageToEagle.com – The team of mining archaeologists, using a drone to locate, has just discovered a complex network of galleries, shafts and chambers, at the foot of the Mycenaean
MessageToEagle.com – Researchers have made some surprising discoveries while investigating the underwater ruins of Lechaion, ancient Corinth’s partially submerged harbor town. Lechaion was one of two bustling ports of
MessageToEagle.com – Bonn archeologists led by Professor Martin Bentz of the University of Bonn are busy with excavations of a huge ancient city of Selinunte, a Greek colony in
MessageToEagle.com – A group of young professionals from Greece, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom have been inspired to take up the ambitious “Colossus of Rhodes Project,” aiming to revive one of
MessageToEagle.com – Led by University of Cincinnati, an international team of archaeologists excavating at Pylos, an ancient city on the southwest coast of Greece, recently discovered a Bronze
MessageToEagle.com – Standing in the center of the archaeological complex of Delphi, few people pay attention to this sacred object of rather insignificant structure. It is constructed out
MessageToEagle.com – Hippocrates is considered the father of medicine, enemy of superstition, pioneer of rationality and fount of eternal wisdom. Statues and drawings show him with a furrowed brow,
MessageToEagle.com – The discovery that won the latest Nobel Prize for Medicine wouldn’t have been much of a revelation to doctors in ancient China. Pharmaceutical chemist Tu Youyou
MessageToEagle.com – This is Meteora, the word means: roughly, midair, in Greek. It’s a special place that does seem to hang in the sky. It’s a sanctuary of
