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Industrial heritage: Regeneration and Sustainability

Industrial heritage: Regeneration and Sustainability

An exhibition of architectural work relating to the industrial heritage of Greece and Cyprus during the period 1980-2012 is organized at the Benaki Museum.
SOS for the Agios Panteleimon Monastery in Myrtou

SOS for the Agios Panteleimon Monastery in Myrtou

The monastery of Saint Panteleimon in Myrtou (Northern Cyprus) is on the verge of collapse. After the Turkish invasion the monastery was turned into a Turkish military camp.
Dead Sea Scroll For Sale

Dead Sea Scroll For Sale

Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale – in tiny pieces.
Summer Seminar 2013

Summer Seminar 2013

A three-day seminar of the European Master in Classical Cultures will take place in Athens, on June 4-7, 2013.
Chinese Tourist damages Egyptian Relief

Chinese Tourist damages Egyptian Relief

A Chinese tourist named Ding Jinhao decided to "secure his place to eternity" by carving "Ding Jinhao was here" on an ancient Egyptian relief.
What questions did visitors of ancient oracles ask?

What questions did visitors of ancient oracles ask?

This interesting subject was addressed by professor of the Elsinki University Mika Kajava, during the 28th Annual Meeting of the Finnish Institute at Athens, which was held last week.
Lawrence of Crete

Lawrence of Crete

A close-up to the life of John D. S. Pendlebury, who dug at Amarna and Knossos and died fighting against the Nazis in Crete.
Nearly 5,000 cave paintings found in Tamaulipas

Nearly 5,000 cave paintings found in Tamaulipas

Nearly 5,000 well-preserved cave paintings scattered across 11 different sites were found by Mexican researchers, as reported by the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
PhD Scholarship in Classics

PhD Scholarship in Classics

Doctoral scholarship for entry 2013 covering full tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and a maintenance award of £5,000, for a maximum of three years. Closing date for applications Monday July 1st 2013.
Caravaggio’s famous painting goes to Croatia

Caravaggio’s famous painting goes to Croatia

Croatia is to be given Caravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus” (1606) by Italy as a welcome present into the EU. The baroque masterpiece will be presented at Zagreb’s Museum for Arts and Crafts in June.
Man’s best and earliest friend

Man’s best and earliest friend

Dog burials from Simeria indicate that dogs were faced nearly as humans while the affection of humans to dogs was not essentially related to hunting.
The Plagues of the Cairo Museum

The Plagues of the Cairo Museum

Ancient Egyptian artefacts deteriorate in Cairo’s central museum due to poor conditions, lack of resources; experts advise Egyptians to protect antiquities before damage is irreparable.
Greco-Egyptian Magical Hymns: prayers of the Hellenistic Syncretism

Greco-Egyptian Magical Hymns: prayers of the Hellenistic Syncretism

A paper aiming to give them a position in the history of Greek (Mediterranean) religion, as a late manifestation of the liturgical-poetic genre of Hymnography, the most sublime of the offerings to the gods in every Mediterranean religion.
Art of Medieval Serbia

Art of Medieval Serbia

The exhibition "Art of Medieval Serbia", organized by the Byzantine and Christian Museum in collaboration with National Museum in Belgrade, opens on May 27th, 2013.
Discovering Dilmun

Discovering Dilmun

Excavations at an archaeological site in Bahrain are shedding light on one of the oldest trading civilisations.
Greek Warrior X-rayed on Long Island

Greek Warrior X-rayed on Long Island

It took less than 10 seconds to reveal the truth about the wounded warrior and confirm an Adelphi University archaeologist hypothesis.
Discover the Archaic colors

Discover the Archaic colors

The Μuseum’s initiative on Archaic Colors.
Return to Samarra

Return to Samarra

In 2013, BISI funded a pilot project to research, catalogue, photograph and conserve the V&A’s collections of material excavated by Ernst Herzfeld at Samarra in 1911-1913.
Curatorial position at the British Museum

Curatorial position at the British Museum

This role will assist in the development of a temporary exhibition on Egypt of the first millennium AD, documentation and management of parts of the collection and be expected to undertake research on aspects of ancient Egyptian material culture.
Images of magical moments

Images of magical moments

The Benaki Museum in honor of the great photographer Constantine Manos presents an exhibition-tribute to his multi-awarded A Greek Portfolio.
New amphipod species discovered in Melissotrypa Cave

New amphipod species discovered in Melissotrypa Cave

A new amphipod species was discovered in the Melissotrypa Cave near Elassona after two years of research conducted by scientists of the Natural History Museum – Volos in cooperation with the scientific centre of Biogeology of the University of Göttingen
Everybody’s business

Everybody’s business

Research comes out of the lab...
The Greek Experience Under Ottoman Rule

The Greek Experience Under Ottoman Rule

Deadline for submission of applications, including recommendation letters: May 24, 2013.
The ancient theatre of Messene re-opens

The ancient theatre of Messene re-opens

After 1,700 years of neglect and silence, the ancient theatre of Messene re-opens its doors for the public, this summer.
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