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
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
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
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
The remains of a Mycenaean settlement have been found near Kalamata.
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
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 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
Continuation of excavation on the islets Despotikon and Tsimindiri.
“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
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
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.
G. Boutaris: Moving the antiquities would be a crime and an insult for the city
During a recent meeting of the municipal council of Thessaloniki, archaeologists and representatives of the Attiko Metro company expressed their views about the "Venizelos" station antiquities.
Ancient Egypt “pyramid” boat threatened
A pipe has burst inside the museum holding one of pyramid builder Khufu’s boat. Fear for the ancient boat's future.
University of Thessaloniki takes action for the metro findings
The University has formed a working group consisting of professors at the faculties of Engineering, History-Archaeology and Architecture, to formulate alternatives.
Karditsa: An archaeological “journey”
Anyone visiting the Regional Unit of Karditsa and Thessaly for the first time will notice the small hills, which lay in the midst of the Thessalian plain.
300 drawings for Mount Olympus
Pupils have drawn a large painting, to support the claim of extending the boundaries of the Mount Olympus National Park and its inclusion to the monuments of UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Temple of Jupiter Stator discovered in Rome?
Italian archaeologists claim to have found the Temple of Jupiter Stator (8th century BC) at the foot of the Palatine Hill.
Prehistoric necropolis discovered in Romania
The 50 tombs discovered in the village of Păru represent the largest Bronze Age necropolis ever found in Romania.
The Vovolini Archives and the Great Hellenic Biographical Dictionary
Τhe Gennadius Library and the Economia Group-Kerkyra Publications are organizing an exhibition to celebrate the donation of the Vovolini Archives to the Gennadius Library.
The hi-tec inventions of ancient Greeks
The exhibition will be shown in Heraklion (Crete) until March 27.
The shoe-filled jar from Luxor
Archaeologists discovered seven shoes, that appear to be made out of bovine, within a jar in an Egyptian temple. The shoes date back more than 2,000 years.
Geneticists claim to have found the age of Homer’s Iliad
Geneticists have applied the same technique of decoding the genetic history of humans by tracking how genes mutate on Homer's "Iliad", to uncover the date it was first written.