ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Greek officials said more than 1,400 ancient graves have been uncovered by construction workers in Thessaloniki.
CARDIFF, Wales, July 31 (UPI) -- An ancient Greek mechanical device regarded by some experts as the world's first computer may have predicted solar eclipses, studies indicate.
LIMA, March 15 (UPI) -- Ancient temples recently discovered in Peru could predate even the ancient Inca empire, archaeologists said.
FARS, Iran, March 12 (UPI) -- Australian and Iranian archaeologists say they may have found an ancient Elamite temple buried in Iran's Fars province.
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Two ancient marble statues of Artemis and Apollo stolen from Albania in the '90s were officially returned in an Athens ceremony Thursday.
CHARLOTTESVILLE , Va., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The University of Virginia plans to return to Italy two ancient Greek sculptures taken from Sicily by tomb raiders and donated to the university's museum.
TEHRAN, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in northern Iran have uncovered the remains of a 124-mile-long wall, the second longest such structure in Asia after the Great Wall of China.
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Archaeologists in Israel said they’ve discovered a footprint from the sandal of a Roman soldier during an excavation of the ancient city of Hippos.
LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- Britain and Greece will meet for the first time to negotiate the return to Athens of some ancient Greek sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles.
LONDON, April 19 (UPI) -- Ancient Greek sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles could return to Greece for the first time in 200 years, if only temporarily, their British owners say.
ROME, March 16 (UPI) -- Archaeologists exploring Cyprus, said to be home to Venus, the goddess of love, have stumbled upon the world's oldest known perfume factory.
ATHENS, Greece, March 2 (UPI) -- A statue of the Greek goddess Hera, unearthed at the ancient city of Dion near Mount Olympus in Greece, may be the missing half of a double statue.
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Greek officials say an ancient theater has been discovered during construction of an apartment building in northwest Athens.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The J. Paul Getty Museum in California will return two ancient works of art to Greece after a dispute spanning 10 years.
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is returning two ancient Greek artifacts to Greece by the end of the month.
