Masterpieces from the Picasso Museum to Zagreb

Masterpieces from the Picasso Museum to Zagreb

Picasso exhibition at the palace of Klović opens on March 23rd.
Medieval knight found in Scotland parking lot

Medieval knight found in Scotland parking lot

A 500-year old skeleton of a man alongside a stone slab carved with a cross and sword was found in a parking lot in Edinburgh
Ancient Chinese coin found on Kenyan island

Ancient Chinese coin found on Kenyan island

Evidence of trade between China and east Africa decades before European explorers set sail and changed the map of the world.
Princesses’ exhibition extended

Princesses’ exhibition extended

The exhibition “Princesses of the Mediterranean in the Dawn of History”, presented at the Cycladic Art Museum, will be on show until May 8.
The Dark Side of the Sun

The Dark Side of the Sun

Art from the period depicts Amarna as an idyllic city of plenty, but the cemetery tells a different story.
The Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace

The Archaeological Work in Macedonia and Thrace

This year's meeting will take place at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on March 20th-22nd, 2013.
Stolen Rembrandt recovered in Serbia

Stolen Rembrandt recovered in Serbia

Rembrandt’s stolen “Portrait of the Father” (c. 1630) has been recovered in an operation carried out by the Department of Criminal Police and Novi Sad Criminal Police.
Imagining the Balkans

Imagining the Balkans

This travelling exhibit “Imagining the Balkans. Identities and Memory in the long 19th century”, focuses on the constitution and evolution of modern nations in South-East Europe during the 19th century.
Stonehenge builders travelled from far, say researchers

Stonehenge builders travelled from far, say researchers

Thousands of people came from across Britain to help build Stonehenge, experts investigating the origins of the monument have said.
Phaistos and Ayia Triada in the Prepalatial period

Phaistos and Ayia Triada in the Prepalatial period

The next Minoan Seminar will be given by Simona Todaro (Universita di Catania).
Ice Station Antarctica: 50,000 visitors

Ice Station Antarctica: 50,000 visitors

More than 50,000 visitors have seen the exhibition “Ice Station Antarctica” at the cultural centre of the Foundation of the Hellenic World “Hellenic Cosmos”.
Acropolis museum celebrates Greek National Holiday

Acropolis museum celebrates Greek National Holiday

On the occasion of the Greek National Holiday of 25th March, the Acropolis Museum organizes workshop presentations and music events.
The most accurate model of the Antikythera Mechanism

The most accurate model of the Antikythera Mechanism

John Seiradakis and Kyriakos Efstathiou presented for the first time to the public the most recent model of the Antikythera Mechanism and the results of their long-lasting research about the ancient "computer".
British Museum reunites Roman marble panels split for 2,000 years

British Museum reunites Roman marble panels split for 2,000 years

Two spectacular Roman marble panels from Herculaneum have been reunited at the British Museum for the first time in almost 2,000 years.
Ancient settlement discovered in Azerbaijan

Ancient settlement discovered in Azerbaijan

Ceramics, pottery pots, human and animal bones, stone tools, various agricultural tools made from limestone, different types of stone graters and mortars were found during the excavations.
Mycenaean settlement in Antikalamos

Mycenaean settlement in Antikalamos

The remains of a Mycenaean settlement have been found near Kalamata.
Discovering the oldest seafaring ship

Discovering the oldest seafaring ship

On Thursday, March 14th Professor of Nautical Archaeology Cemal Pulak will give a lecture about the Uluburun shipwreck at the Acropolis Museum.
Face to face with a Saint

Face to face with a Saint

An interdisciplinary research group of the University of Crete, the Technological Institute of Crete and the University Hospital of Heraklion created a facial reconstruction of Saint Eutychius, based on the saint's skull.
The tough life of ancient Upper Egypt’s rich and famous

The tough life of ancient Upper Egypt’s rich and famous

The governors of ancient Asswan in Egypt suffered from malnutrition and infectious diseases, dying before they were 30 years old, according to research on the Qubbet el-Hawa mummies
New archaeological excavations on the island Despotikon

New archaeological excavations on the island Despotikon

Continuation of excavation on the islets Despotikon and Tsimindiri.
“The significance of the finds is unbreakably connected to the place they were found”

“The significance of the finds is unbreakably connected to the place they were found”

Director of the Association of Greek Archaeologists explains why it is so important that the antiquities stay where they were revealed.
500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli discovered

500-year-old arrest warrant for Machiavelli discovered

The original copy of a 500-year old proclamation calling for the arrest of Niccolò Machiavelli has been discovered by a British historian.
In search of the Artemision

In search of the Artemision

The Director of the Swiss School of Archaeology will present the School's fieldwork in 2012, in particular the main results of the excavations of the Roman Baths at Eretria and the exploratory trenches at Amarynthos in search of the Artemision.
Thrace: So close, so far away

Thrace: So close, so far away

Photographs by Pepi Loulakaki.
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