Lost kingdom of Atlantis found in Cyprus
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A team of American ocean researchers have claimed to have found the lost kingdom of Atlantis off the coast of Cyprus. According to The Telegraph, the researchers led by Robert Sarmast used the latest sonar
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An American researcher claimed Sunday to have discovered the remains of the legendary lost city of Atlantis on the bottom of the east Mediterranean Sea, but Cyprus' chief government archaeologist was skeptical.
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An ancient stone coffin and sculpture of a lion's head have been returned to Greece after being handed over by private owners in the United States, the Culture Ministry said Wednesday.
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Archaeologists say they have found the ashes, bones and other evidence of animal sacrifices to some pre-Zeus deity on the summit of Mount Lykaion in Greece.
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A 2,200-year-old statue of the goddess Hera has been found built into the walls of a city under Mount Olympus, home of Greece's ancient gods, archaeologists said on Thursday. The headless marble statue was discovered last year during excavations in the ruins of ancient Dion, some 53 miles southwest of Thessaloniki.
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Greece's island of Rhodes wants to rebuild the famous Colossus - one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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DNA scraped from inside clay vessels show that a ship that sank off the coast of Greece 2,400 years ago was carrying a cargo of olive oil, oregano, and probably wine, researchers reported on Friday.
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By Patrick Lynch, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 8--JAMESTOWN -- A relic from the early days of exploration in Virginia is to take a ride into outer space on NASA's space shuttle Atlantis tonight.
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ISTANBUL: Hundreds of Greek Orthodox faithful yesterday welcomed the return of the remains of two saints 800 years after Crusaders snatched the relics from Constantinople.
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A 2,400-year-old golden mask that once belonged to a Thracian king was unearthed in a timber-lined tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists said Monday.
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A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed a 2,400-year-old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king - a find he says is unrivalled in the study of classical antiquity.
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By JOHN PORRETTO HOUSTON - Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert.
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In 360 B.C. the Greek philosopher Plato described an island he called Atlantis. Now contradicting new evidence claims the fabled city-state was based on a real place.
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An ancient Greek theater accidentally discovered by construction workers in Athens is one of the classical world's most famous lost stages.
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A rediscovered El Greco painting is bought by the Greek island of Crete, the birthplace of the artist.
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Egypt announced on Tuesday the discovery of the long-lost mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, its most famous female pharaoh, billed as the most important find since the discovery of King Tutankhamun&#39;s tomb.
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Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300-year-old ship thought to have been ferrying wine when it sank off the coast of Cyprus, researchers said Thursday.