Hidden optical secrets of the Parthenon revealed by Oxford archaeologist
In a remarkable breakthrough blending archaeology and advanced 3D technology, Oxford University archaeologist Professor Juan de Lara has shown how the ancient Greeks used advanced lighting techniques to transform the inside of the Parthenon into a stage of divine spectacle. De Lara’s four-year study, published in The Annual of the British School at Athens, finally […]
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Late March AD 125 – Hadrian returns to Athens and presides over the Great Dionysia (#Hadrian1900)

After touring the Peloponnese and visiting all the major cities (read here), Hadrian returned to Athens in late March, in time for the Great Dionysia. He presided over this annual Athenian religious festival dedicated to Dionysus (HA Hadr. 13.1) while wearing Greek attire (Dio 69.16.1), funded its expenses and restored the Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus… Continue reading Late March AD 125 – Hadrian returns to Athens and presides over the Great Dionysia (#Hadrian1900)

“The Peculiar Hellenic Alloy”: Carl Blegen’s Narrative of Greek Racial Development in Context
In two short publications from the early 1940s, Carl Blegen characterized the development of prehistoric culture in Greece as a continuous process of racial mixing that laid the foundations for classical, and even modern, Greece. This article situates Blegen’s narrative of racial mixing within a longer tradition in Aegean prehistory, as it developed in the […]
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2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Mechanism May Not Be What We Previously Thought

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Antikythera Mechanism, an intriguing ancient artifact discovered in 1901 among the remains of a shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera, has puzzled scientists for over a century. Initially believed to be the oldest known analog computer, it was thought to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades ahead. However, […]

Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?

The mythical sentry was depicted as thinking like a human and showing some human-like tendencies

3,500-year-old Ramesside-era town unearthed beneath Greek ruins near Alexandria, Egypt
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Egyptian town dating back more than 3,000 years, effectively challenging the prevalent belief that the area in and around Alexandria was first populated during the Hellenistic period. The discovery was unearthed at Kom el-Nugus, a mound-shaped archaeological site situated between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Mariout, approximately […]
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