4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (198+ words) A small brick wall on one side of the Arch of Galerius in the northern city of Thessaloniki was demolished on Tuesday, as part of an effort to improve the area surrounding the important Roman monument. "The Arch is a…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (124+ words) Greece to return small group of Egyptian antiquities'eKathimerini.com Greece will soon return to Egypt a group of six confiscated ancient statuettes that are temporarily being kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, officials said Tuesday. A Culture Ministry…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (302+ words) The Sanctuary of the Virgin at ancient Neapolis " patron goddess of the city founded by Thasian settlers in the 7th century BC " continues to reveal new insights centuries later, following the presentation of two scholarly volumes on recent research and long-unpublished…...

3+ week, 48+ min ago  (153+ words) Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and Culture Minister Lina Mendoni signed a joint decision on Tuesday to establish a committee to maintain the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the ministries announced. The committee, which will convene for six months, will include…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (217+ words) Greek and Italian experts are cooperating to study, document and conserve looted ancient pottery coming from illegal excavations in both countries, Greece's Culture Ministry said Monday. A ministry statement said the work started in September 2025 at the Archaeological Museum of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (225+ words) Silvia Bello, a paleoanthropologist at London's Natural History Museum and an author on the elephant-bone study, which was published last week in Science Advances, concurred. "We found marks from chopping and carving on both objects, clear signs that humans had…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (211+ words) Police in Ptolemaida made a rather unexpected discovery on Friday at the home of 44-year-old foreigner who had been arrested a day earlier in Thessaloniki. Police officers searching the house of the man of unknown nationality in the town of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (241+ words) Reviving a roadway where ancient Athenians once walked'eKathimerini.com The Ministry of Culture announced plans to restore the Koile Odos, a major ancient Athenian thoroughfare, integrating it into the Acropolis cultural pathway network The project, overseen by the Ephorate of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (254+ words) As Orthodox Christians around the world attended Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday to commemorate the baptism of Christ, worried officials in Greece used the moment to highlight growing water scarcity. A priest cast a wooden cross into the visibly depleted waters…...