Shrine in Turkey Turns Out to be Tomb of Ancient Greek Boxer Diagoras. Credit: Akreofili/ Vici.org CC0 A rare ancient tomb in southwestern Turkey, long believed to be an Islamic shrine, is now the focus of a new conservation project after archaeologists confirmed it as the tomb of a famous ancient
Italian authorities announced on Friday the arrest of 34 suspects accused of looting archaeological sites in Sicily and Calabria, in a major operation targeting tomb raiding and illicit trade in cultural property. The Carabinieri’s art squad seized approximately 10,000 artifacts, including 7,000
Tomb of Ancient Greek Boxer Diagoras in Turkey. Credit: Akreofili/ Vici.org CC0 A 2,300-year-old tomb in southwest Turkey—once revered as a holy Islamic site—turns out to have been the tomb of ancient Greek boxer Diagoras. Local people in the Marmaris district of Turgut thought the unusual hilltop
