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Acropolis Museum among world’s top 10 museums
[:el] TripAdvisor has announced its Travelers’ Choice awards 2016 for museums around the world and the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece ranks 9th among top-25. The awards are based on the millions of reviews and opinions from Trip Advisor travelers worldwide.In first place, the voters...
Acropolis Museum among the top 5 museums in Europe
[:el] Once again the Acropolis Museum is voted as one of the best in Europe and of the world. In the category of Europe’s best museums, according to Travellers Choice Awards of TripAdvisor, the new Acropolis Museum is in the 5th position. This is the top 10:...
Top 10 Museums in Greece
[:el] Trip Advisor published the list with the 10 best museums in Greece, based on the votes of its readers. Acropolis Museum is in the top of the list. These are the top Greek Museums according to Trip Advisor: 1.Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece 2.Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Greece...
Top 10 landmarks in Greece for 2016
TripAdvisor published the list with the top 10 landmarks in Greece, as voted by its readers. Acropolis and Meteora are in the top of the list. See the whole list: 1.Acropolis 2.Meteora 3.Acropolis of Lindos 4.Spinalonga (Kalydon) Elounda 5.Delphi 6.Temple of Hephaestus (Thiseio) 7.The Palace of...
“There are other parts of the Antikythera Mechanism at the seabed”
[:el] A major exhibition about the Antikythera Mechanism wil be inaugurated on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at the State Museum of Architecture in Moscow, under the votive Greece-Russia Year 2016. The exhibition is entitled “The Antikythera Mechanism: the oldest Computer and oldest Mechanical Universe – 2nd...
3D Tilos dwarf elephant at the Museum of Paleontology and Geology
[:el] An exhibition entitled «Elephas tiliensis. Dwarf and three-dimensional” began Wednesday, September 1 at the Museum of Geology and Paleontology of the National University of Athens, in the building of the Faculty of Science. It is about the Tilos Dwarf Elephant, the last elephant of Europe...
New video animation from Ancient Greek cup
[:el] Two years before we met Steve Simons, who takes the images on ancient Greek vases and makes them move. The animations he creates tell stories from Greek mythology, the Olympics, or everyday life. The animations are created from the actual scenes which decorate ancient Greek...
New study finds that physical activity may offset some of alcohol’s lethal harms
[:el] An international research collaboration, led by University of Sydney and a Greek researcher, has found that exercising at even basic recommended weekly physical activity levels (at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity) may offset some of the harmful effects of drinking alcohol. Published today...
Top 10 tourist attractions in Greece
Greece is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Travel website touropia.com presents the 10 top tourist attractions in Greece. With over sixty inhabited islands, historic sites that span four millennia, idyllic beaches and towering mountain ranges there is a wide variety...
3 Greek islands in the top 10 Mediterranean islands
Three Greek islands, are among the top-10 small Mediterranean islands according to Guardian readers. The selected islands featured on the list are hardly household names but with their solitude and scenery they are the antidote to the more familiar, crowded, Med hotspots. See the whole...