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A book guide to the correct pronunciation of the Greek language
[:el] The presentation of the book “How did you say that? Rules for pronunciation of the Greek language” by Manos Sifonios, was held on Tuesday, June 13, at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation. The event was co-ordinated by the journalist Dimitris Kambourakis, while in the discussion...
“A World of Emotions” in the Acropolis Museum
[:el] The pioneering exhibition “A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece 700 BC – 200 AD”, which in a few days ends at the Onassis Cultural Center New York, will come to Greece. Specifically, the Acropolis Museum, in collaboration with the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit...
The Acropolis Museum celebrates its 8th birthday
[:el] On Tuesday 20 June 2017, the Acropolis Museum’s opening anniversary, eight years of operation are completed during which the Museum received over eleven million local and international visitors that passed through its doors and enjoyed its exhibits. On this day, the Museum will celebrate...
Greek researcher created integrated camera that can see the invisible
[:el]Researchers in Spain, led by a Greek researcher, have created the world’s first CMOS image sensor to incorporate graphene and quantum dots, allowing the camera to simultaneously view the visible and invisible (infrared and ultraviolet) spectrum. Over the past 40 years, microelectronics have advanced by...
Greek antiquities will travel to the US to participate in exhibition
[:el] An exhibition on Egyptian culture and its influences on Greek and Roman civilization will take place from 27 March to 9 September 2018 at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA. The largest museums in the world will lend about 200 works for the...
Bob Dylan’s speech on the Nobel: with Homer and reference to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
[:el] Six months after Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature at a ceremony he did not attend, the songwriter has fulfilled the award’s criteria by delivering a lecture on the topic to the Swedish Academy. In the 4,000 words of his speech, Bob Dylan...
Electrical brain stimulation enhances creativity
[:el] Passing an electric current through the brain can help people be more creative, according to new research. Scientists found that suppressing an area of the brain involved in thinking and reasoning helped people to “think outside the box” when trying to solve complicated problems....
The poetic love and the mythological echoes of Yiannis Ritsos’ Erotika
[:el] The National Archaeological Museum continues the circle of events entitled “Archeology and Poetry”, which accompanies the periodical “Odyssees”, with the lecture of the Professor of Neohellenic Literature of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Gina Kalogirou, in relation to the poetic love and...
Thassos excavation wins the most important prize in the field of archaeology in France
[:el] The Simone & Cino Del Duca Foundation (La Fondation Simone & Cino Del Duca) has awarded the French School at Athens and the Greek Culture Ministry the grand prize in archaeology (Grand Prix d’archéologie ), for archaeological works carried out in Thassos. It is...
Significant finds with the completion of the restoration
[:el] The ancient city of Aptera, one of the most important cities of Ancient Crete will be presented in an event that will be held on Wednesday 24 May in the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The event “Aptera, Research and promotion of...