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Greek and Cypriot police participates in European art trafficking bust that recovered over 11,000 artefacts (PHOTOS)

Greek and Cypriot police participated in a crackdown on international art trafficking that recovered 11,049 stolen artefacts, including ancient coins…

1 month ago

The US returns 77 looted artefacts to Yemen using same program which returned treasures to Greece

The United States has returned 77 looted antiquities to Yemen, US authorities said Tuesday, adding the objects would be housed…

4 months ago

British Museum holds 108,184 Greek artefacts, of which only 6,493 are even on display

New research by the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, using Freedom of Information provisions, has found…

5 months ago

Open Horizons Melbourne Museum

Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections Exclusive to Melbourne Museum, see some of the most significant items from the prestigious National…

1 year ago

Museums in Athens worth visiting

  Athens is often referred to by Greeks as the center of the world.  In ancient times, Athens was a…

2 years ago

Celebrate Greek culture through games and conversation at the Chau Chak Wing Museum

The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney in association with the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens presents…

2 years ago

Police discover large network of European auction houses selling stolen ancient Greek artifacts illegally

After years of investigation and observation, Greek police have managed to uncover a network of illegal dealers of ancient artifacts,…

3 years ago

Kokkinopilos: A place on Earth that looks like Mars

A “prehistoric geological phenomenon of great geological and archaeological importance”, the eerie red landscape of Kokkinopilos is reminiscent of the…

3 years ago

Powerhouse Museum digitises Sydney Olympics treasures

The Powerhouse Museum is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics by digitising some of the most iconic…

3 years ago

Minister pledges that Thessaloniki Metro will be ready by April 2023

Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Kostas Karamanlis, inspected the progress of the Thessaloniki Metro construction project and reiterated his pledge that the…

3 years ago

Ancient Olympia to be showcased in new Microsoft app

Ancient Olympia, one of Greece’s most popular archaeological sites, will be introduced to people around the world via a new…

3 years ago

Thessaloniki metro to be ready by 2023

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that the metro system in Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, currently under construction, will be…

4 years ago

Museums in Athens worth visiting

By Stamatina Mylonas Athens is often referred to by Greeks as the center of the world.  In ancient times, Athens…

4 years ago

Police arrest 55 year old over 693 ancient coins

Greek police have arrested a 55 year old man in Larissa over the illegal possession of 693 ancient coins and…

4 years ago

Lamia set to have its own Modern Greek History Museum

Greece's beautiful city of Lamia is set to have its own Modern Greek History Museum after regional authorities reached an…

5 years ago

Shipwreck found from time of Alexander the Great

Archaeologists have used drones and an old cold war spy boat to identify three shipwrecks on the Mediterranean seabed. One…

6 years ago

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