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23 October 2026

Franchthi Cave

Franchthi cave or Frankhthi cave (Greek: Σπήλαιον Φράγχθη) is a cave overlooking the Argolic Gulf opposite the village of Koilada

he Petralona cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Πετραλώνων) also Cave of the Red Stones (Greek: Σπήλαιο ” Κόκκινες Πέτρες “), a Karst

Dispilio (Greek: Δισπηλιό) is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island near

The Mycenaean civilization flourished in the late Bronze Age, from the 15th to the 13th century BCE and extended its

By about 1100 BCE, a number of changes can be identified in the archaeological record affecting burial practices, settlements, and

The Greek Dark Age is the interval between the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization, around 1200 BCE, and the Greek

The Bronze Age, a period that lasted roughly three thousand years, saw major advances in social, economic, and technological advances

It is one of the largest pre-historic settlements in Greece.

The first traces of settlement in Patras date to the 3rd millennium BC, in modern Aroe.

Excavations starting in 1967 at the site called Akrotiri have made Thera the best-known “Minoan” site outside of Crete