January 27, 2019 Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Views about the legitimate ownership of the Parthenon Marbles as they have been expressed by the director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer are “remnants of colonialism, ignore the international debate and the Declarations of Unesco,” Greek Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba said on Saturday. Fischer’s statement of “legitimate ownership” demonstrates …
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January 26, 2019
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
“We don’t return, we don’t lend the Parthenon Marbles, Greece is not the legitimate owner,” said Hartwig Fischer, German historian and Director of the British Museum since 2016. Fischer has been actively involved in the debate over the last few years on the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, …
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January 25, 2019
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The real cause of the death of Alexander the Great remains a mystery 2,300 years after the 32-year-old passed away in Babylon in 323 BC. His death divided not only historians of Ancient Greece but also modern scholars. According to one version he developed a fever, which worsened until he …
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January 23, 2019
Archeology, Culture
Protests have born fruits. The Greek government has removed hundreds of archaeological sites, museums, historical monuments and castles from a list of state properties transferred to the Privatization Fund as dictated by the last bailout terms and conditions. In a statement, the Ministry of Culture said late of Tuesday that …
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January 18, 2019
Archeology, FEATURED
The archaeological site of Knossos, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleio and the bastions of the Venetian Castle, the Castle of Chios, the Acropolis of Sparta, the Tomb of Leonidas, the island of Spinaloga, the White Tower of Thessaloniki, the Akrotiri on Santorini, the Byzantine Castle of Trikala , the Firka …
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November 15, 2018
Archeology
Brexit deal has been approved by the British cabinet, and as the European Union prepares to negotiate a whole new relationship with the UK post-Brexit, Greece might be able to make the United Kingdom an offer it can’t refuse. “What we have now is the only opportunity in 200 years …
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November 14, 2018
Archeology
A landslide at the Amyntaio lignite coal mine unearthed a 2-meter-long tusk. The pre-historic finding was discovered by workers of the Greek Public Power Company when they went to inspect the landslide area last week. They immediately informed their director about the finding and on his part he informed the …
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November 13, 2018
Archeology, FEATURED
Greece’s Culture Ministry has said that archaeologists have located the first tangible remains of the lost ancient city of Tenea that, according to tradition, was first settled by Trojan war captives after the Greeks sack of Troy. In a statement Tuesday, the ministry said excavations from September to early October …
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November 3, 2018
Archeology
A farmer in Atalanti, Central Greece, wanted to plant olive trees, but found an ancient statue of a Kouros instead. While the farmer was preparing the soil in his plot, his tools hit something that looked like a statue. He informed authorities that started a broader excavation and the result …
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October 25, 2018
Archeology, FEATURED
Underwater exploration September of the historic wreck of “Mentor”, the brig which belonged to Lord Elgin and sank off Kythira Island in 1802 carrying antiquities from the Acropolis to UK, revealed more information about the brig’s construction, the Ministry of Culture said on Tuesday. The “Mentor” sank while transporting part …
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October 23, 2018
Archeology
Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck. The ancient Greek shipwreck has been lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years at the bottom of the Black Sea. The ship wreck is similar to Odysseus’s vessel as featured on an Ancient Greek pottery found in …
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October 17, 2018
Archeology
A German citizen sent per post to the Greek Embassy in Berlin what has been stolen decades ago: three fragments of ancient Greek mosaics. Two of the fragments were removed on the island of Delos and one from the Hadrian Liberality in Athens in the 1960’s, an attached note clarified. …
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October 15, 2018
Archeology
An Ancient Greek Amphora is to go on auction in New York at the end of the month. Too bad that the ownership is currently disputed by Greek forensic archaeologists who have alerted authorities to investigate the issue. The black-figured amphora may end back to Greece, local media report. The …
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October 14, 2018
Archeology, Culture
The Acropolis, the Parthenon and the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus were spotted all in one place on the beach Psili Ammo in Tolo by Naflpio on Saturday afternoon. An unknown artist created the exceptional constructions out of sand. With excessive patience, talent and skills, the artist or the artists modeled …
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October 12, 2018
Archeology, FEATURED
Important findings have been unearthed in the excavation site of Akrotiri on the island of Santorini. Inside a clay chests from the 16th century BC, archaeologists discovered a Proto-Cycladic female figurine made of marble. The finding delights the community of archaeologists and archaeology fans. Inside rectangular chests made of clay …
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October 11, 2018
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Suspicion is near, Greece is considering to lease archaeological sites and museums for utilization in order to “maintain our cultural heritage,” as Culture Minister Mirsini Zorba said on Thursday criticizing the 24-hour strike launched by archaeologists, Culture Ministry staff, sites and museums guards. Hundreds of tourists climbed to Acropolis of …
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October 4, 2018
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
An unplundered chamber tomb, one of the largest in the area, was discovered in the archaeological excavation at the Mycenaean cemetery at Aidonia in Nemea in the Prefecture of Corinth. The tomb is from the Early Mycenaean period – about 1650-1400 BC – and is one of the largest in …
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September 23, 2018
Archeology, Culture
An Ancient Roman Tomb is located in a place one would never thought it would: inside a department store in downtown Athens. I must say right away: I had no idea that such treasuries exist in our stores. Archaeological ruins are scattered throughout the capital of Greece especially in its …
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September 22, 2018
Archeology, Culture
An Ancient Greek child left its footprint to eternity. Archaeologists in the excavation site in Ancient Olympia discovered the footprint of a child estimated to have been 6 years old when it stepped on a brick of clay still that was still fresh. Archaeologists of the Institute of Hellenic Antiquities …
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September 20, 2018
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Archaeologists and sites Guards are up in arms after the Greek Finance Ministry issued a decision ordering the trasnfer several historical sites and buildings, museums, monuments and historical buildings to the Super Privatization Fund. “They belong de facto to the state and are off any trade,” the Greek Archaeologists Association …
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