Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment and ...

Archaeologists near Bulgaria’s southeastern border with Greece uncovered a nearly 7-foot statue of the ancient Greek god Hermes during a dig this week. The unexpected find happened during excavation ...

European researchers recently discovered several ancient shipwrecks in Greek waters, some of which date back thousands of years. The shipwrecks were discovered in the waters surrounding the island of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During an expedition spanning from May 17 until June 20 of this year, marine archaeologists working with the Swiss Archaeological ...

A 4th-century BC Greek vase reveals ancient repairs and rare pigments, offering new clues about its origin and ancient trade ...

A newly uncovered 2,000-year-old Greek temple, crammed with gold, jewels and finely worked offerings, is forcing archaeologists to rethink how wealth and worship intertwined in the ancient Aegean. The ...

Archaeologists found a ritual wash basin and inscribed tablet at the 2,600-year-old ruins of a long-lost sanctuary for Poseidon. Photo from ÖAW / ÖAI On a hilltop in Greece, archaeologists uncovered a ...

Archaeologists excavating a sanctuary on a Greek island have uncovered an ancient temple packed with gold jewelry, silver ornaments, and imported luxury goods that had lain undisturbed for roughly ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off ...