Archaeologists in central Greece have discovered thousands of miniature clay pots and statuettes in the ruins of an ancient sanctuary possibly dedicated to the Three Graces. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Most people know that the Olympics started out in Ancient Greece, but did you know that back then the athletes competed in the nude? (Though technically, they could wear penis restraints - yes, you read that right). picked by maxriter 2 months ago

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Deadly wildfires in southern Greece wafted thick clouds of smoke over the Ionian Sea and southward to the Mediterranean in late August 2007. This image of Greece was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 26, and places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A group of paleontologists has discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, a large mammoth-like mammal that lived some three million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two out-of-town tourists on a wild ride through downtown streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse's reins. picked by suebe 2 years ago

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook southwestern Greece early on Monday, but no damage or injuries were reported. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A new theory has been put forward as to how the Oracles of Classical Greece used to get high enough to believe they were predicting the future. picked by brightoncub 2 years ago

Roadworks in southern Greece have unearthed a rare Mycenaean grave thought to be well over 3,000 years old and containing important burial offerings including a gold chalice. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

There's very little direct evidence of horse domestication, because 5,600 years ago there were no saddles or metal bits to leave behind.

So a different tack had to be taken to determine when the horse was domesticated. The answer was surprising picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Scientists have suspected that the three known domains of life -- eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea -- branched off and went their separate ways around three billion years ago. But pinning down the time of that split has been an elusive task. Now, a team of scientists present direct evidence that the three domains of life coexisted at least as long as 2.7 billion years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Archaeologists excavating an ancient tannery believed to be the largest ever found in Rome said Tuesday they might need to move the entire work site, which is being threatened by railroad construction. The 1,255-square-yard complex includes a tannery dating to the second or third century, as well as burial sites and part of a Roman road. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A large cache of stone tools estimated to be up to 35,000 years old has been discovered on the site of one of Australia's largest iron ore mines, sparking calls on Monday for the site's preservation. Archaeologists uncovered the tools on the site of the A$1 billion ($920 million) Hope Downs iron ore mine, about 310 kilometres (192 miles) south of Port Hedland, in western Australia's ore-rich Pilba... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Galaxidi, Greece, throws quite a food fight after Carnival on misnamed "Clean Monday."

Don't miss the photo gallery with the greatest understatement I've ever seen: "Villagers wear goggles to protect their eyes. Driving conditions don't look so great."

This one's for Apex86. picked by meggysue 1 month ago

"I am very elderly and I didn't fancy flying. I am not very keen on airports any more as I don't like being taken around in a wheelchair. I thought it would be very nice just to get in the car at Sudbury outside my own front door and then not have to worry." picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Douglasville, Georgia - A woman came home from a vacation in Greece to find a stranger playing house, changing utilities into her name and even repainting a room she didn't like. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

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BIG hi-res image! picked by Moe 1 year ago