Ancient & Classical Worlds

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (419+ words) Ancient Greek inscriptions found in modern-day western Turkey suggest property arrangements at Apollo’s sanctuary provided homes and livelihoods for people dedicated to the god, rather than enriching the sanctuary itself, according to a new study. The findings challenge a longstanding…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (508+ words) Two newly published general history works explore the past and present of what is now the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwestern China, highlighting key historical facts and clarifying topics of major significance. Known as Xiyu (Western Regions) in ancient…...

12+ hour, 8+ min ago   (263+ words) ArmInfo The Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia signed a memorandum with philanthropist David Tonoyan on the restoration of the Havuts Tar monastery complex. ArmInfo. Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports (MESCS) of Armenia Alfred Kocharyan and…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago   (640+ words) Some hotels have an opening date. Others have a biography. Across Greece, buildings created for work, defense, politics and music have begun new lives as places to stay. Their appeal is not simply age. It is the evidence of what…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (469+ words) Turkey, a non-signatory to UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ratified the so-called 'High Seas Treaty' Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reverted to his beloved “neo-Ottoman mode” on Sunday by invoking the Battle of Preveza and Ottoman…...

7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (306+ words) The restoration followed a 2021 memorandum of cooperation between the EKBMM and North Macedonia’s culture ministry. Specialists documented the condition and deterioration of the paintings before designing conservation interventions using modern scientific methods. Work proceeded in two phases, in 2023 and 2024, followed…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (333+ words) Mendoni told a Greek radio station that the Parthenon reunification effort had hit obstacles. She linked the setback to recent statements by Britain’s political leadership. “At this moment no talks are taking place,” Mendoni said of the masterpieces of the…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (497+ words) Olympia Vik atou, Secretary-General for Culture, said the exhibition’s opening carried deep symbolic significance because it coincides with commemorations of Athens’ liberation from German occupation on 12 October 1944. “The date reminds us of the heavy toll of war, the value of…...

3+ hour, 19+ min ago   (406+ words) The Culture Ministry stepped in to have a Nazi flag poster for an Athens archaeology conference replaced, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni told a parliamentary committee on Monday. The original poster showed the flag of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany’s armed forces,…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (214+ words) Archaeologists believe the ancient city of Perperikon in Bulgaria may once have been called Pergamon (Greek: Πέργαμον), the same name as the famous capital of ancient Greek-ruled kingdom in Anatolia. Although the two cities stood hundreds of miles apart, researchers…...