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Petros Themelis, one of the most prominent Greek archaeologists who headed the excavation and restoration of the vast site of Ancient Messene since 1987 has died, aged 87. 

He spent his last few days in the ICU of the hospital in Kalamata.

Themelis was born in 1936 in Thessaloniki and studied at the Experimental School of the University of Thessaloniki.

An engraved clay plaque found in Ancient Olympia, believed to be the oldest known extract of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," has made the list of the "Top 10 Discoveries of 2018" of the current issue of Archaeology, a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.

An interactive three-dimensional visualization will show ancient ships shipwrecked through the centuries and remaining forever at the bottom of the Black Sea near Sozopol dating back to the 4th-3 rd century BC. until the 19th century, it became clear today at a press conference in Sofia.

Two archaeological findings in Greece - namely the so-called Antikythera Man and a mass grave at the Phaleron (present-day Faliro) Delta, south of Athens - have been included in the "Top 10 Discoveries of 2016" by Archaeology magazine. The publication is issued by the Archaeological Institute of America.

Statehood Day marked in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic decorated a large number of domestic and foreign individuals and institutions on the occasion of Serbia's Statehood Day.

An early Byzantine era basilica, which was discovered this year underwater in Ä°znik and has the traces of early Christianity architecture, is among the top 10 discoveries of 2014, according to the Archaeological Institute of America The remains of a nearly 1,600-year-old basilica, which was discovered in February this year under Lake Ä°znik during a photo shoot from the air, was shown among t

An international expedition will seek signs left by an ancient civilization in the prehistoric sanctuaries of Belintash, Tatul and Harman Kaya in Bulgaria's Rhodope mountains.

This initiative is supported by the Credo Bonum foundation, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency informs.