Ancient Greece

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Two Greek museums nominated for European Museum of the Year Awards

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[:el] Two Greek museums, The Archaeological Museum of Thebes and the Diachronic Museum of Larissa are nominated for the prestigious awards, European Museum of the Year Awards. The museum in Thebes houses artefacts representing millennia of continuous human activity in Boeotia. The Diachronic Museum of...
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Cambridge University: Complex engineering and metal-work discovered in Keros

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[:el] New excavations on the remote island of Keros reveal monumental architecture and technological sophistication at the dawn of the Cycladic Bronze Age. New work at the settlement of Dhaskalio, the site adjoining the prehistoric sanctuary on the Cycladic island of Keros, has shown this...
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Greek Ministry of Culture in contact with Greek-American New York DA on looted antiquities

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[:el] Investigators raided the office and the Manhattan home of the billionaire Michael H. Steinhardt, carrying off several ancient works that prosecutors say were allegedly looted from Greece and Italy. Mr. Steinhardt, a hedge-fund manager and philanthropist, has been collecting art from ancient Greece for...
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Focuses on the craft technologies of Classical antiquity

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[:el] Eleni Hasaki is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Classics with the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on the craft technologies of Classical antiquity, the spatial organization of workshops, craft apprenticeship, and the negotiation of social status through crafts,...
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“Hadrian and Antinous: an encounter, 19 centuries later” by the Unseen Museum

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[:el] Antiquities selected from the unknown world of the storerooms, one after the other emerge every two months everfrom their secure state of obscurity into the light, inviting the fans of rare memorable moments to capture their stories and narratives. At the Unseen Museum, the...
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Greek professor awarded for his contribution to the study of ancient Greek civilization

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[:el] The Royal Society of Canada inducted University of Missouri–St. Louis Professor Michael Cosmopoulos into the Royal Society of Canada, for more than 30 years of contribution to the study of ancient Greek civilization. The special induction ceremony was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Royal Society...
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Vanity: Jewelry stories from the Cyclades

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[:el] A luxurious and glittering book, like the world of jewelry, was presented at the renovated Fethiye Mosque in the Roman Agora. This is the catalog of the periodical exhibition “Vanity-Jewelry stories from the Cyclades”, carried out by the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades...

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