Troy’s tale was written by Homer in The Iliad, detailing the story of the famed Achilles and the siege that ended in the Trojans losing the war to the Greeks. However, what was previously believed to be a myth was discovered in 1870 after an archaeologist uncovered the city of Troy. Th...
At each corner was a ritual offering: a cow’s head, a blue vase, pottery, and flint tools. But search as they may, researcherscouldn’t find a tombor anything else in the middle. Either the tomb is fantastically well-hidden, or it was never constructed. The 3,000-year-old site cou...
Notable alumni include archaeologist and author Stanley South and FEMA administrator Brock Long. Its athletic teams are known as the Mountaineers and compete in NCAA Division 1 in 10 varsity men’s sports, and 10 women’s. Appalachian State University offers an online Master of Science in ...
The towering castle that houses the Mercer Museum is full of themed rooms dedicated to the tools and crafts of American life before mechanization. Archaeologist, collector and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer founded the museum in 1916 to display his incredible 40,000-piece collection of pre-industr...
Its tavernas elegant stone Athena (left), pottery serve traditional food houses that hint and tools dating back and are a great place at its past wealth, to p istoric times, to mix with locals. Límni (below) was a were unearthed and key maritime port in can now be seen in the •...