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Greece Plans Museum for Ancient Shackled Skeletons of Athens

Greece's culture minister announced on Tuesday the building of a museum at Faliro, south of Athens that will exhibit a group of 78 shackled skeletons, believed to have been executed in the 7th century BC. These remains, known as "Desmotes...

Maria Callas Museum Opens in Greece

Greece honored Maria Callas by opening the first museum dedicated to the opera legend in Athens a century after her birth. The Maria Callas Museum at 44 Mitropoleos Street features recordings of her most famous opera performances as well as...

How Greek Antiquities Slipped Through the Nazis

In April 1941, German troops invaded Athens. The next morning, Nazi officers went to the National Archaeological Museum to inspect the antiquities and assess which ones they would steal to transport them to Germany. However, to their surprise, the museum...

Greece to Build Museum at Plato’s Academy in Athens

Authorities in Greece announced on Tuesday the creation of the country's first green museum which will be created in Athens where Plato’s Academy stood in ancient times. According to an announcement by the Ministry of Culture and the City of...

Greece Opens New Museum at Aigai, the Ancient Capital of Macedonian Kingdom

Greece opened the new museum of Aigai on Monday in the town of Vergina, which incorporates the entire archaeological site, the center of ancient Macedonian culture. The new museum unites the Palace of Philip, the royal tombs cluster, and the...

Stunning Ancient Mosaics Adorn New Museum in Sparta, Greece

Two rare Roman floor mosaics discovered in Greece will feature in a new museum in Sparta which officially opens on November 21st. The Abduction of Europa and Orpheus with the Animals mosaics were accidentally discovered in the late 19th century...

Maria Callas Museum to Open in the Heart of Athens

In the summer of 2023, the Maria Callas museum will open its doors in the heart of Athens, honoring the 100 years since the Greek soprano legend was born. The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, has already committed to the...

Cambodia Claims Stolen Artifacts are at New York’s Met Museum

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is suspected to be home to no less than 33 antiquities that were stolen by a single smuggler, according to Cambodian officials. Toek Tik, a reformed looter admitted to police that he took...

Greek Twins Turn Family Home to Skiathos Museum

Fotini and Marena Manesi are serious about preserving their heritage. The twin sisters have turned their family home, into the Skiathos House museum. The sisters have dedicated a great deal of both time and resources and attained the support of...

Wonders of Ancient Greek Technology Displayed at Athens Museum

Ancient Greek technology got its own museum in Athens, with the opening of the Kostas Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology.