A seemingly unassuming lump of corroded bronze has confounded investigators for more than a century, ever since it proved to contain precision…
Archaeological investigations reveal the canal built by the Persian king Xerxes in northern Greece…
Increasingly, the School (its Officers and Council) have to keep a close eye on changes in the ‘research environment’ in the United…
Richard Hodges writes from the island of Áno Koufoníssi where he spent time with Lord Renfrew…
Richard Hodges looks at the later Roman influence on this, the most famous of the classical Greek cities…
Scientists reveal the cause of deadly Athenian plague…
Visitors to Athens tend to spend most of their time pursuing the remains of the great Classical city. They will probably note…
In the 1870s, the German grocer Heinrich Schliemann decided to devote the wealth he had accumulated in grocery to go and dig…
New clues point to location of Odysseus' island…
A global superpower attacks a small ‘rogue state’. The superpower – arrogant, self-righteous, supremely confident – swaggers in. It is bound to…
The remains of some 700 ancient mine-shafts and 200 ore-processing facilities have been discovered at Laurion in south-east Africa…
Richard Hodges investigates the village of Fiskado and finds one of the greatest surviving Norman abbeys in Greece…
In preparation for this summer's Olympic Games, Athens's metro was greatly extended. From…