A newly revealed mosaic on the floor of a vast Greek tomb shows Hades hauling his reluctant bride Persephone to the underworld, archaeologists announced today (Oct. 16). When the artwork was first ...

Construction workers discovered a mosaic floor from the 4th century B.C.E. while installing underground water pipelines in Eretria, a Greek town north of Athens. The mosaic, made of white, black, ...

The mosaic was discovered during the construction of a water pipeline. Greek Ministry of Culture While building a water line, construction workers in Greece discovered an ancient mosaic depicting a ...

Each finding has shed light on different aspects of ancient civilisations and their culture. Here’s why they are significant. It’s been a bumper week for archaeological discoveries in Europe, with a ...

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The first thing one notices at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in the Park Merced neighborhood in San Francisco is the soaring, 100-foot ceiling, the soft, otherworldly blue-tinged light from ...

Last month, archeologists uncovered two oversize marble caryatids and a colorful marble panel in a substantial tomb complex in Amphipolis, Greece. Now, after excavating behind the sealing wall that ...

Greek archaeologists excavating a massive Alexander the Great-era burial mound complex at Kasta Hill, in the northern Greek region of Serres, have found more Greek gods while excavating a large ...

A 1,500-year-old mosaic bearing two ancient Greek inscriptions was discovered during excavations in the ancient port city of Syedra in southern Turkey, the Turkish General Directorate of Cultural ...

An imposing mosaic uncovered in the largest antique tomb ever discovered in Greece depicts the myth of the abduction of Persephone, Zeus's daughter who became goddess of the underworld. The 4.5-metre ...

In Greek mythology, Medusa is one of the three Gorgons. According to myth, Medusa has hair made of serpents and turns anyone who looks at her into stone. Archaeologists uncovered something unusual ...