Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete, is an ancient city that perhaps is under-appreciated for its many ...

After years of closure, the fully renovated Archaeological Museum of Thera in the heart of Santorini has reopened its doors - reviving a significant modernist building and enriching the island’s ...

But the museum’s true centrepiece is the "Daughter of Thera" - a 2.48-metre marble statue from the Archaic period, unearthed in 2000 at Ancient Thera’s necropolis, Sellada. After a study led by ...

A cleric points to ancient Assyrian rock carvings of animals at the Fayda Archaeological Park in Dohuk, Kurdistan region. Nestled in the Semel district of Duhok province, the Faida Archaeological Park ...

Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian museum. While she didn’t start the project for posterity, proposed cuts to the institution give her experiment ...

The ancient palace runs on seasonal hours and admission is €6 EUR for adults, but for €10 EUR you can get into both the Palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.

In this episode of Voices from Central Asia, we meet renowned Kazakh archaeologist Zainolla Samashev, whose groundbreaking discoveries have redefined Kazakhstan’s ancient past and challenged ...

Eastern origins Recent archaeological discoveries of graves from the fifth century B.C. suggest that the Greeks’ tales of Amazons were influenced by the lives of real equestrian nomads of Eurasia.

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