Read more ancient Greece stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32027/ancient-greece.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:19:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71915/atlantis-like-city-mapped-off-greek-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMarine archaeologists have uncovered a sunken city that may have inspired the myth of Atlantis. Located off the coast of southern Greece, Pavlopetri dates back more than 5,000 years and is thought to have been engulfed by the sea around 1,000 BC, making it the only sunken Greek...http://www.newser.com/story/71915/atlantis-like-city-mapped-off-greek-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 6:06:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62102/parthenon-gets-the-museum-it-deserves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Parthenon has been called the one “absolutely right” building on the planet, and it now has a fitting memorial, Christopher Hitchens writes in Vanity Fair . Hitchens is among the first to visit the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, and it does not disappoint. Artifacts, expert reproductions, and a stunning...http://www.newser.com/story/62102/parthenon-gets-the-museum-it-deserves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 13:52:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53492/skeleton-hints-at-cleopatras-african-heritage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEgyptian queen Cleopatra may have been of African rather than Greek ancestry, new findings suggest. A BBC archaeological documentary claims to have found the tomb of Cleopatra’s sister, Arsinoe, in Ephesus, Turkey. Arsinoe, who, according to legend, was killed on orders from her sister, had skull dimensions consistent with African...http://www.newser.com/story/53492/skeleton-hints-at-cleopatras-african-heritage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 15:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36213/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-gold-wreath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn ancient gold wreath buried with human bones in a copper vase has been discovered in the old stomping grounds of Alexander the Great in northern Greece, AP reports. It's rare to find such wreaths, which were generally buried with royalty. Diggers found it in the ruins of Aigai, the...http://www.newser.com/story/36213/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-gold-wreath.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 Aug 2008 12:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30769/astronomers-trace-homers-wandering-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHomer's Odyssey is 2,700 years old, and the events it describes happened centuries earlier. But two scientists claim in a new paper that they've traced one line in the epic poem—a possible reference to an eclipse—to a real astronomical event. Classicists might take issue, writes the New...http://www.newser.com/story/30769/astronomers-trace-homers-wandering-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jun 2008 9:39:04 CDT