The first period of excavations this year on the Trapeza plateau, eight kilometers southwest of Aegean in ancient Greek Achaia, has concluded, bringing to light, among other things, valuable sets of grave goods and three bronze swords. The place is identified with Ripes, a city that flourished in ea
The belief that the walls of Troy were built in the form of a labyrinth has associated its name with an ancient ornamental and constructive motif. Although nothing in the archaeological record supports it, since ancient times the legend spread that the walls of Troy were built in the form of a comp
In the southwestern United States, mainly in the state of Utah, there is a large concentration of places where pictographs and petroglyphs appear on rocks and walls in the open air. They represent life-size human figures, elongated and stylized, ending in a point, in a style that researcher Polly S
Sunken about 1,200 years ago, the cities of Heracleion and Canopus, in Egypt, were forgotten for centuries. Spotted in the 2000s by archaeologists, they continue to reveal fascinating remains. In recent weeks, a temple dating back to the Ptolemaic era (4th-3rd BC) has been revealed. Discovery of