Rare figurine of Aphrodite emerging from a shell discovered in a cemetery of ancient Thessaloniki

Grave of Ukrainian writer vandalised in Poland

Vandals have stolen the bronze relief from the grave of Ukrainian writer Bohdan Lepkyi at Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków. Ukraine's Consulate General has called for an investigation.

‘Deliberate Provocation’: Ukrainian Writer’s Grave Vandalized in Poland

Unknown vandals stole a bronze relief from the grave of Ukrainian writer and professor Lepkyi at Krakow’s Rakowicki Cemetery. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned the incident as a “deliberate provocation” intended to inflame tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw, while Polish police confirmed an investigation and noted that the cemetery has recently seen a series of metal thefts from graves.

Ancient 4th-century Byzantine city found in Egypt

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Byzantine-era city in the western desert of Egypt, AzerNEWS reports.

Archaeologists in Israel uncover 1,700-year-old Roman-era statues buried face down

Two marble statues dating back 1,700 years were discovered near Binyamina, Israel, in a Roman-Byzantine winepress during a railway construction dig.

Beeswax Traces Reveal Early Beekeeping in Ancient Greece

New evidence of beekeeping and beeswax use in ancient Greece is emerging from pottery pulled out of a remote cave on the Greek island of Kythera. A recent study found chemical traces of beeswax baked into broken pottery shards inside the cave, adding to signs that islanders made and used bee products thousands of years []