Antikythera Archive

New Underwater Discoveries Made Around The Antikythera Shipwreck

AncientPages.com | July 21, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of Swiss and Greek archaeologists recently completed the third season of excavations on the wreck of Antikythera. The expedition, which took

Archaeology

Massive Head Of Hercules Pulled From The Antikythera Shipwreck

AncientPages.com | June 23, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - While exploring the historic Roman-era shipwreck off the islet of Antikythera marine archeologists discovered several ancient artifacts recovered from the seafloor. The most

Illustration of the Ptolemaic conception of the universe from Cosmographia, by Bartolomeu Velho, 1568. Credit: Cosmographia by Bartolomeu Velho

Civilizations

How Did Ancient Civilizations Make Sense Of The Cosmos And What Did They Get Right?

AncientPages.com | March 7, 2022

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the spring of 1900, a group of Greek sponge divers, blown off course by a storm in the Aegean, stumbled upon the