The Most Exiting Greek Archaeological Discoveries of 2018
This is an article by www.greece-is.com published on the 8th of January 2018
Ancient Greek Archaeological discoveries of 2018
Ancient Greek Archaeological discoveries of 2018
The past year has given us an abundance of new finds in Greek archaeology. Greek and foreign archaeologists have unearthed many new discoveries on land and
at sea, at long-standing excavations at Santorini, ancient Corinth, Evia, Vergina and other major centers of the ancient Greek wold.
Archaeologists have found a clay tablet dated to the 3rd Century AD inscribed with thirteen verses of Homer’s Odyssey at ancient Olympia. This clay inscription is the oldest-known surviving such inscription of the Odyssey to date.
An other very exiting find is an almost fully intact ancient Greek vessel from ca. 500 BC. This 2,400-year-old wreck was found at the bottom of the black sea during a seabed-survey using deep-water cameras. It has been preserved thanks to a deep low oxygen environment. This 23 m-long vessel has helped archaeologist to finally get a better idea of how ancient ships were built and how their rowing mechanisms worked.
Many pots and other goods from across the Mediterranean were also found in it.
One of the most important finds of 2018 has been the discovery of the earliest-known Greek art. Thirty-seven engravings were found using photogrammetry beneath already-known Bronze Age images.
These 11,000 years old inscriptions show a herd of antlered, now long-extinct dwarf deer.
These are just some of the many amazing discoveries about ancient Greece in 2018.
The past year has given us an abundance of new finds in Greek archaeology. Greek and foreign archaeologists have unearthed many new discoveries on land and
at sea, at long-standing excavations at Santorini, ancient Corinth, Evia, Vergina and other major centers of the ancient Greek wold.
Archaeologists have found a clay tablet dated to the 3rd Century AD inscribed with thirteen verses of Homer’s Odyssey at ancient Olympia. This clay inscription is the oldest-known surviving such inscription of the Odyssey to date.
An other very exiting find is an almost fully intact ancient Greek vessel from ca. 500 BC. This 2,400-year-old wreck was found at the bottom of the black sea during a seabed-survey using deep-water cameras. It has been preserved thanks to a deep low oxygen environment. This 23 m-long vessel has helped archaeologist to finally get a better idea of how ancient ships were built and how their rowing mechanisms worked.
Many pots and other goods from across the Mediterranean were also found in it.
One of the most important finds of 2018 has been the discovery of the earliest-known Greek art. Thirty-seven engravings were found using photogrammetry beneath already-known Bronze Age images.
These 11,000 years old inscriptions show a herd of antlered, now long-extinct dwarf deer.
These are just some of the many amazing discoveries about ancient Greece in 2018.
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