Police officers from the Cultural Heritage and Antiquities Department have apprehended three men, aged 54, 69 and 52, for suspected antiquities smuggling. The charges against the trio include establishing a criminal organization and violating laws pertaining to antiquities and possession of weapons.
Sir John Boardman, the eminent British classical archaeologist and art historian, often hailed as “Britain’s most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art,” has passed away at the age of 96.
Greek Bronze Age body armor was robust enough to shield a Mycenaean soldier in battle 3,500 years ago for 11 hours, according to a new study, reported in Live Science.
With New Democracy set to cement its political dominance in the upcoming European elections, the battle for second place is heating up as SYRIZA and PASOK’s leaders turn up the heat to see who will take on the leading role on Greece’s center-left after the elections.
Experts are expressing concern about the possible intensity of weather phenomena in the coming summer, and not without reason, given the recent warm winter.
The first two months of tight measures to combat sports-related violence are beginning to pay off, according to statistics compiled by the Hellenic Police.
A “dialogue of civilizations” between Greece and China was held on Friday in Athens, with experts exchanging views on preservation of world cultural heritage sites.
She evokes a sense of deja vu, as if I’ve encountered her somewhere before, familiar yet elusive.
In an apparent attempt to broaden the agenda of Greek-Turkish issues, Ankara is reportedly threatening to create Turkish marine parks in the Aegean.
Nearly 140 migrants have reached Greek shores over the past 24 hours, making the dangerous sea voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, authorities said Friday. One man, who had set off from North Africa, drowned off the southern island of Crete.