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.
Greek archaeologist to contribute organizing the Grand Egyptian Museum
Nikolaos Kaltsas, director of the National Museum of Athens for more than twenty years, to organise the new museum which is now under constraction
Geometric tomb revealed in central Crete
A tomb of the Geometric Era has come to light in Kavrochori, a village near Heraklion of Crete, belonging to the Malevisi Municipality, during works for the construction of a biological cleaning unit.
The compilation of the National Representative List
The national representative list with the subjects regarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage is expected to be announced by the end of May.
Alexanderland… as Disneyland
Thessaloniki plans to “revive” the life, work and historical battles of Alexander the Great, by creating a theme park.
A new museum for Piraeus
The exhibition will tell the story of the port since the early Historic times, through objects such as findings dating to the Early Geometric Era and the archaic tombs in Kaminia and in Delta Falirou.
A lost ancient continent was found in the Indian Ocean
A new paper of Norwegian scientists, "A Precambrian microcontinent in the Indian Ocean," receives extensive attention of the media all over the world.
Minoan shipyard to be presented in conference
The first Minoan shipyard where big ships were constructed will be presented in a conference discussing Ancient Greek Technology.
Northwestern Aegean during the Late Bronze Age
The 4th lecture of the Mycenaean Seminar, given by Stelios Andreou (School of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki).
Photographers capture the beauty of ancient Gortyna’s theater
Dozens of amateur photographers of the Hellenic Photographic Society of Crete have captured the imposing beauty of the Great Theater of ancient Gortyna.
The expansion plans of the National Gallery
The expansion of the National Gallery of Athens will more than double the museums overall space, by additional 11,040 square meters to the existing building.
Aegean – Birth of an Archipelago
An original exhibition is organized by the Science Centre and Technology Museum NOESIS at Thessaloniki.
Famous vizier’s tomb of Ramses II found
The Free University of Brussels and the University of Liège have uncovered a 3,000-year-old pyramid in Luxor
Roman baths discovered in Sozopol
A Bulgarian team of archaeologists have discovered well-preserved remains of Roman thermae in ancient Sozopol.