The proposed scheme comes as an addition to a listed building of industrial legacy, and to the surrounding archaeological site. According to the designers, “the existing building and its expansion ...

An ancient palace unearthed in Greece may be a long-lost palace of Sparta, the famous war-like civilization of ancient times there. The discovery of the structure, which boasts 10 rooms and is filled ...

Handout photos (above, and below) released by the Greek ministry of Culture on August 25, 2015 show the excavations site with remains of a palace of the Mycenaean period (17-16 century BC.), bearing ...

Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists. The ancient city-state, which walked the line between legend and history, is often assumed to have fallen off the map at some point in antiquity. In ...

Greek design practice Petrās Architecture have created a new proposal for an archaeological museum in Sparta. Designed for the Peloponnese Municipality, the project integrates an existing listed ...

HELEN. Achilles. Agamemnon. They’re names which date from the dawn of civilisation. Now the lost capital of Mycenean Sparta is emerging from the rubble of myth and history. The origins of the story of ...

ATHENS (AFP) - Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean Age, the culture ministry said Tuesday. The ...

This is the latest edition of our series on underrated destinations, It’s Still a Big World. Few foreigners realize that Sparta still exists. The ancient city-state, which walked the line between ...

The palace, likely built around the 17th-16th centuries BC and discovered in southern Greece, has around 10 rooms ATHENS, Greece – Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient ...