Instead of a Museum
Due to the 6-year closure of the Heracleion Archaeological Museum in Crete, the city
A new archaeological site is created at Aerino, Volos.
Five tholos tombs near Volos, Greece, will be soon accessible to visitors thanks to a European Union funding project
Roma Routes in the Byzantine Museum
The Byzantine Museum of Athens will introduce the Greek public with the intriguing culture of travelers
Macedonian Tombs to be Restored.
Ten well-known Macedonian Tombs will be reviewed and restored where needed through the framework of the E??? fund for Macedonia and Thrace 2007-2013
Egyptian Archaeologists Asking for a Leader
Egyptian archaeologists threaten with a strike unless a Head of the Antiquities Service is appointed. According to an official announcement to the Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, the strike is programmed for the coming Sunday
The amazing story of the Aegina Marbles
The adventurous story of a less known set of stolen marbles is told through a new exhibition in Munich
New internet platform to rescue cultural heritage sites
Combining Google Earth, scientific mapping from Esri, satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe, and social networking, the platform aims to serve as an early warning system for site conservation leaders, archaeologists, local communities, government officials, and volunteers.
A Modern Museum for the City of Oedipus
Close to completion is the building housing the Archaeological Museum of Thebes in Boeotia, Greece
The Life and Times of the Altamura Family
Discover the family secrets in the Benaki, Peiraios building, from the 31st of March to the 31st of May.
Acrotiri: Accessible from the end of May
After a long adventure involving progressive architectural planning, arguments between state authorities, financial implications and even one death, Acrotiri
Parthenon
Thirty million stones, connected with the Parthenon have been found around the eternal monument or incorporated in its fortification. However, they are not from the Parthenon itself but from previous temples dedicated to Athena, whom the Parthenon replaced.
Rotonda: A Different Sightseeing Designed for the Blind
An archaeological tour around the Rotonda in Thessaloniki, specially designed for the visually challenged, is to start soon
Myrtis Does Montenegro!
The reconstructed image of a girl victim of the plague that hit Athens in 430 BC, killing 50.000 people (among them Pericles) , is now traveling to Montenegro
Chemical War in Dura Europos
20 men, died in A.D. 256, may be the first victims of chemical warfare to leave any archeological evidence of their passing, according to a new investigation
The Highest Upper Palaeolithic Settlement Found at Pindos
The highest Neanderthal sites in the world have revealed Greek archaeologists working on the north side of the Pindos Mountains, around Samarina and Smolicas Peak
Thessaly, a European Cradle of Civilization
Thessalians were highly sophisticated during the whole Prehistory
New Parthenon marbles have been discovered!
Fragments of, at least, five "metopai" from the Parthenon were found incorporated to the Acropolis' west fortification wall
Archaeology in 2011 Macedonia and Thrace: great discoveries and financial strain
2011 and the beginning of 2011 are characterized by a general lack in financial resources which leads to the general poverty in archaeological activity.
Alexander the Great, Antiquity
Scuba diving in the sea, making primitive airplanes, fathering kids with Amazons, being a Muslim and a Christian and the child of an Egyptian Pharaoh at the same time, stealing Solomon's Wisdom and giving it to Aristotle, philosophizing with Indian naked philosophers... Who is it?
From Hercules to Alexander
551 ancient artefacts found in the ancient Macedonian site of Aigai during the last 20 years will be shown for the first time in a grand exhibition organized in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Protecting the Dead Warriors of Paroikia
Since 2003, when excavation work finished, little has been done to honor this place of ancient glory
A digital walk in the Ancient Agora of Athens
The digitization of the entire archive of the excavations of ASCSA in the Ancient Agora, Athens, as well as the renovation of the Attalos Stoa which characterizes the site, is scheduled to start shortly