The Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki

The Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki

The Yeni Mosque has become a place for prayer again, after 90 years of serving as a museum and an exhibition centre.
Alexander the Great in Bavaria

Alexander the Great in Bavaria

The exhibition concept focuses on the biography of Alexander from his crib to his grave.
Birth of a Museum

Birth of a Museum

Birth of a Museum constitutes the first large-scale presentation of the Louvre Abu Dhabi collection, in unison with the expression of Jean Nouvel's architectural vision.
Sicily. Art and Invention between Greece and Rome

Sicily. Art and Invention between Greece and Rome

Getty Museum exhibition showcases ancient Sicily as a center of cultural innovation.
Trove of Neanderthal Bones Found in Greek Cave

Trove of Neanderthal Bones Found in Greek Cave

A trove of Neanderthal fossils including bones of children and adults, discovered in Kalamakia cave, in Greece, hints the area may have been a key crossroad for ancient humans, researchers say.
2013 Excavations at Ancient Corinth

2013 Excavations at Ancient Corinth

Excavations in Ancient Corinth by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens began for a sixth season.
Presentation of the Elias Venezis Archive

Presentation of the Elias Venezis Archive

Anna Venezi Kosmetatou (Venezis' daughter), Takis Theodoropoulos (Writer), Demetra Papaconstantinou (Demos Fellow) and Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (Doreen Canaday Spitzer Archivist) will present the Elias Venezis' archive.
Pyramids and social classification in ancient Sudan

Pyramids and social classification in ancient Sudan

Three years of digging by French team at Sedeinga unearth 35 pyramids that emphasise contrast between ancient cultures of Sudan, Egypt.
The Lion of Amphipolis

The Lion of Amphipolis

A trademark for the regional unit of Serres, a symbol of Macedonia... The Lion of Amphipolis is undoubtedly one of the most significant preserved monuments of the 4th century BC.
First Love Child of Human-Neanderthal Found

First Love Child of Human-Neanderthal Found

Female Neanderthal might had mated with male Homo sapiens.
Ancient Iraq Yields Fresh Finds for Returning Archaeologists

Ancient Iraq Yields Fresh Finds for Returning Archaeologists

British archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown palace or temple near the ancient city of Ur in the first foreign excavation at the site in southern Iraq since the 1930s.
A tale on the Balkans unfolds in the Silk Museum

A tale on the Balkans unfolds in the Silk Museum

The exhibition offers opportunities for a public dialogue on the shared history of the Balkans, while simultaneously contributing to the showcasing and promotion of the region's cultural heritage.
Helike: The city that disappeared in one night

Helike: The city that disappeared in one night

An event about ancient Helike, which disappeared at night in the winter of 373 BC after an earthquake and an accompaying tsunami, took place a week ago in Aigio.
Return to Keros

Return to Keros

Colin Renfrew's team returns to Keros in order to shed more light to the settlement where the famous figurines were produced.
The Neolithic Settlement at Strofilas, Andros

The Neolithic Settlement at Strofilas, Andros

Lecture given by Christina A. Televantou.
Filippetti accused of “sexist” job quotas

Filippetti accused of “sexist” job quotas

France’s culture minister has sparked howls of disapproval from conservative, male critics and curators for seeking to put a woman at the helm of the Louvre museum for the first time.
God Save the King

God Save the King

'Alfred the Great' bones exhumed from unmarked grave
Cuming’s Museum gutted by fire on Monday

Cuming’s Museum gutted by fire on Monday

Fire brigade officers rescued hundreds of objects on display at the 107-year-old museum.
Two Europa Nostra Awards for Greece

Two Europa Nostra Awards for Greece

The Europa Nostra Awards 2013 have been announced. Greece won two prizes, one in the category “Conservation”, the other in the category of “Dedicated Service”.
The Asclepeion of Epidaurus

The Asclepeion of Epidaurus

Vassilios Labrinoudakis at the Athens Concert Hall.
Alexandria before Alexandria

Alexandria before Alexandria

New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, was examined at an international conference at the University of Oxford.
Tomb raiding Egyptian-style in Dahshur

Tomb raiding Egyptian-style in Dahshur

Archaeologists say the elimination of Mubarak's police services left a security vacuum and an open invitation to trespass without fear of reprisal.
No fence for the Academy of Athens

No fence for the Academy of Athens

The members of the Central Council for Modern Monuments have opposed to the idea of fencing the Academy of Athens, arguing that an enclosure would distort the public character of the institution.
Cat-Paw Prints Found on Medieval Manuscript

Cat-Paw Prints Found on Medieval Manuscript

While pawing through a stack of medieval manuscripts from Dubrovnik, Croatia, University of Sarajevo doctoral student Emir O. Filipović stumbled upon a familiar set of splotches marring the centuries-old pages. Years ago, a mischievous kitty had left her ink-covered prints
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