Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

Though mining in ancient Egypt dates back as far as 1500 ... They also resemble other shackles discovered in a Greek silver mine in the 1870s. Among other evidence, the resemblance suggests ...

Originating in Ancient Greece in the sixth century BCE ... and entered circulation following the discovery of the vast silver mines at Laurion in Attica. Minted to the Attic standard of 4.3 ...

Ancient Greece ... in northeastern Greece, near the island of Thasos. Prior archaeological evidence suggests Thasos was one of the region’s most significant sites for silver mining and metalwork ...

Earlier this week, Greek archaeologists announced they had uncovered an ancient aqueduct built by a Roman emperor along with more than two dozen silver coins.

They were found in a peat bog in northeastern Greece near the island of Thasos, an ancient hub for silver mining and metalwork. “Peat cores don’t receive any fluvial [river] input, so it’s ...

On the Greek island of Sifnos, a maze of footpaths weaves through wild olive trees and terraced green fields into the ancient past ... travelers to age-old silver mines, wildflower meadows ...