The area, which was excavated around the 1800s, has witnessed the vicissitudes of fortunes faced by Aegean Civilizations from what were depicted in Homer's epic poems, the Hellenistic Classical ...

An understanding of the production and use of art is important for grasping how societies are transformed into civilizations. This lecture explores the question of what do we mean when we use terms ...

On the UNESCO world heritage map for five years, China's archaeological ruins of Liangzhu, in parallel with the Aegean Civilization in Greece, has gained growing international recognition with the ...

The Aegean Sea has been an intimate part of the history of the Hellenes / Greeks and their civilization. For millennia, the Aegean Sea united the Asia Minor / Ionia to the mainland of Hellas / Greece.

ATHENS, Greece – Unlike its larger, postcard-perfect neighbors in the Aegean Sea, Keros is a tiny rocky dump inhabited by a single goatherd. But the barren islet was of major importance to the ...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. - Will Durant The shape of the Aegean island of Santorini reveals a violent past. Maps or images from orbit show a ring ...

The large Aegean island of Crete and mainland Greece flourished during the Bronze age as well. Crete in fact built such a sophisticated civilization that it became nearly a paradigm for the ...