Myth, history, and the parts historians skip.
In October 2016 the BBC reported that archaeologists said Greek art may have inspired the Terracotta Army. The archaeologist it quoted then said her remarks had been overstated.
26 Oct 2026In April 2020, Adelphi University reported ten skeletons from Paliokastro on Thasos, one showing what lead researcher Anagnostis Agelarakis called the most complex surgery he had seen.
26 Oct 2026Croatia's Conservation Institute says several black-coated vessels from a Hellenistic wreck in Gnjilna Bay, Vis, carry scratched marks that are most likely shortened personal names. It says they can be interpreted as a crew member's ownership marks.
26 Oct 2026The Ashmolean's exhibition runs to 11 April 2027 and follows Aphrodite from Cyprus, where the museum says she emerged as a goddess, through Greece and Rome to modern art and fashion.
25 Oct 2026Türkiye's culture minister says a 2,800-year-old bone flute is the first musical instrument found in more than 160 years of digging at Troy. A 4,500-year-old idol head was announced with it.
25 Oct 2026Cyprus's Department of Antiquities says University of Athens excavators found that a Late Bronze Age bastion at Marchello, Kouklia, was enlarged into a tower of about 7.4 by 7.3 metres. Only the foundations survive.
25 Oct 2026Police in İzmir's Konak district seized a marble head of Zeus believed to be Roman and about 2,000 years old. Three suspects were detained, and as of 21 October where the head came from was unknown.
22 Oct 2026North Macedonia's National Archaeological Museum says a rich warrior burial with a complete set of weapons has been found at Rasnica and, on first assessment, is older than a 2024 tomb on the same site.
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