A Life in Chiaroscuro
The life and times of Caravaggio, one of the most famous renaissance painters, is highlighted through a new exhibition in Rome
Zeus Lavrandios, Lord of Caria
The results of the latest Swedish expedition in Caria (Turkey), at the Sanctuary of Zeus Lavrandios will be presented on Thursday the 24th of February the archaeologist Lars Karlsson at the Acropolis Museum.
Fieldwork in Iraq courtesy of the University of Athens
Greek archaeologists, under the direction of Dr. Kostas Kopanias, will be traveling to Iraq in order to explore sites near Erbil (ancient Arvila)
A Greek archaeological team in Jordan
From 2000 up to 2010 the team of Prof Th. Papadopoulos (University of Ioannina) uncovers an important settlement in Jordan
Bronze Age Finds at Platamonas
An ancient tomb and pithoi have been brought to light recently during works for the new National Road in Platamonas, Greece.
The Mycenaean World through Wall-Paintings
A remarkable conference dedicated to Mycenaean wall-paintings took place the weekend past at the National Research Institute, Greece.
IMEakia Rock Europe
The IME (Foundation of Hellenic World) website for kids - IMEakia- won Best Children Online Content European award
Myth Through Coins
The Central Archaeological Council of Greece agreed to the materialization of a double exhibition by National Archaeological Museum Athens (EAM), the Numismatics Museum and Alpha Bank based on the respective institutions
A modern port on an ancient one in Aegina, Greece.
The decision of the Central Archaeological Council of Greece to agree on the construction of a jetty at the Aegina Port has made furious archaeologists and friends of cultural heritage alike
Important cemetery under threat
A cemetery which came to light through rescue excavations in Lithochori, Kavala is under threat
The disappearance of
The upper part of a funerary stele formerly in the necropolis of ancient Ambracia was declared missing a month ago by the police authorities in Arta, Greece
The Museum of Christian Art in Geneva opens its doors to the public.
The two current exhibitions are dedicated to church items of the 16th to the 19th century AD and the photography of Fred Boissonas in the Sinai ca. 1923-1933
A Volcano of Tastes: food from prehistoric Thera
Fava beans, lentils, peas and beans as well as seafood, snails, fish and goat meat
How the Mycenaean ships looked like?
New evidence on the image and use of Mycenaean ships as well as further info on Mycenaean iconography has been simultaneously brought to light by archaeologist and conservation specialist dr. Harikleia Brekoulaki
Footprints from the past in Norway
Bronze Age petroglyphs were revealed by archaeologists beneath an ancient burial mound in Stj
A time-capsule in Larissa
The new Diachronic Museum stores the history and Archaeology of Larissa and its surrounding areas
Set in Stone: causing ancient Thessalians to live
2.500 ancient names carved in Larisa theater getting on the record
From Kynos to the
Livanates, identified with the Homeric harbour-town of Kynos, contains remains (residential area, cemeteries and fortifications) from 3000 BC to the 6th century AD
The return of the
Four two-sided Roman sculptures from Thessaloniki - now in the Louvre - are "cloned " and return to their city
The Smile of the
Art was able to express feelings not from the Archaic Period, as previously known, but already from the Creto-Mycenaean Era
A Museum in Eleftherna
A museum will be recently added in the archaeological site of Eleftherna, Greece
Olympia is getting green again
Four years after the horrific fire that destroyed a large part of the woods famously surrounding the archaeological site of Olympia, the
Saving Pythia
An enormous task of cosmological dimensions has been proved the site conservation project for the Oracle of Delphi, in Boeotia, Greece