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Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and ...
Olympia’s Percival Plinth Project sculpture competition, launching Saturday, July 12, with a reception, puts public art to a ...
The project received $1 million from the Heritage Capital Projects grant in 2023 and is now being awarded an additional $84,000 to continue the improvements needed to reopen.
UNIVERSITY PARK – Four Penn State student-athlete are among the contingent of students traveling to Greece as part of Harvard ...
This is the second installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here.
The statue of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus was discovered in 1877, but its influential presence makes it a timeless piece ...
Now displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece, it stands as a remarkable relic of an enduring symbol through time. Image credits: Online Updates #47 ...
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking ...
The bronze head of the griffin, repatriated from New York, returned to Ancient Olympia on Friday afternoon and will be exhibited at the archaeological museum. The handover of the archaeological ...
An ancient bronze griffin head, dating back to the 7th century BC, has been repatriated to Greece from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, marking a significant step in the global movement to ...
The head of a griffin, that was repatriated from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on Friday, March 21, 2025.