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The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is showcasing 600 recovered objects, which date to between the Archaic period ...
In collaboration with the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, the Palace Museum is presenting the exhibition Daedalus: ...
There’s a lot of networks that we know from several parts of the continent, because we have pottery coming from ... be traced to a previously unknown ancient North African genetic lineage ...
Also known as “ieros icthys” (ιερός ιχθύς or sacred fish in Greek), dolphins depicted in sculptures, mosaics and beautifully engraved pottery tell us that they were beyond salient in ancient Greece.
The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...
including artifacts from ancient Greek and Egyptian origins, offering fresh support for biblical accounts of a battle between an Israelite king and an Egyptian ruler more than 2,600 years ago. The ...
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.
The layer with Egyptian and Greek pottery fragments described in the latest study is among several layers that date from after 732 B.C., when records indicate Megiddo was conquered by the Neo ...
and pottery dating from between the 4th century B.C.E. and the late Roman era. At that time, the Greek ministry hailed the find as “proof of the existence of the ancient city.” This recent ...
Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...
The overall goal of this course is to introduce and familiarize students with the material processing of pottery from different parts of the ancient world, from the prehistoric period to the ...