In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings, using specially designed cooling pots called psykter.

Phaistos where an imposing palace once stood is, perhaps not as well known as Knossos, but a focal point of the history of ...

A new study reveals that the Carthaginians, famed for their Mediterranean empire and wars with Rome, had little genetic ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

In the hills of Argolid, Greece, lies the Kazarma Bridge, a jewel of Mycenaean civilisation. Although it is over 3,300 years old, this structure is still functional today. Let's take a closer look at ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled new findings about the enigmatic Tomb I, known as the Tomb of Persephone, located in the Great Tumulus of Vergina, Greece. This monument ... such as ...

Many others have been unearthed. A dagger at Newgate; an axe on Bouverie Street. Bronze age pottery and tools have been found in the Square Mile, suggesting some degree of settlement. Hints at a ...

Shahr-i Sokhta, meaning ‘Burnt City’, is located at the junction of Bronze Age trade routes crossing the Iranian plateau ... stone vessels, gems and pottery. Criterion (iv): The ancient site of ...

The course provides a general understanding of metal and ceramic technology and seeks to relate manufacture and use of artefacts to their relevant social contexts in the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and ...