Greece News

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Wed, 19 May 2010 09:30:13 GMT
The two statues of Kouros (young men) that were rescued last minute from two smugglers of antiquities were presented yesterday in the National Archaeological Museum.

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Tue, 18 May 2010 07:54:45 GMT
A new movie is being prepared for the life of the famous philosopher-mathematecian Pythagoras of Samos. Shootings are expected to take place in Greece, starting from September in Samos and Delphi.

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Mon, 17 May 2010 08:38:31 GMT
The famous Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrived last week in Santorini with their children to spend few days of relaxation in the wonderful volcanic island of the Aegean Sea.

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:19:15 GMT
After the huge success of “Nisos Naxos 2009”, it was decided to repeat this fun dancing workshop for summer 2010.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:43:47 GMT
Another air company, Monarch Airlines, includes the Greek island of Santorini in its destinations for summer 2010.

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:53:41 GMT
Due to the climatic change, Mesolongi is one of the first towns in Greece that will be affected from the rise of the sea level.

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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:34:18 GMT
Before the level of the sea rises for 120 metres, Cyclades was a single island and the Corinthian Gulf was a lake, as reveals the archaeologist-historian George Steinhauer in his book.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:49:48 GMT
A museum to host the findings from the excavations in Acanthus will be created in the town of Ierissos, eastern Halkidiki, on the site where this ancient town used to be.

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:43:44 GMT
A few metres above the ancient site of Knossos, on Kefala Hill, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest farmhouses in Greece and perhaps of all Europe.

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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:18:19 GMT
Fava, the traditional product of Santorini, has become a Protected Name of Origin, like many other products of Greece. This is actually the 87th Greek product with protected name of origin.

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Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:28:51 GMT
Traces from the enormous volcanic eruption of Santorini, which happened around 1650 BC, were discovered in the abyss of the Ionian Sea, in depth of 4,000 metres.

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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:40:23 GMT
The ancient site of Nikopolis in Epirus will be turned into a gorgeous archaeological park of 13,500 sq.m. in the next 10 years, if money will be found by the Greek Ministry of Culture.

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Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:31:37 GMT
The Carnival festivities come to their peak this weekend in Patra Peloponnese, the town that organizes the most famous Carnival in Greece.

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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:31:00 GMT
It sank about 3,200 years ago under the water of the Saronic Gulf, near the rocky islet Modi, south east of Poros. Loaded with at least 20 vases, this Mycenaean commercial ship never reached its destination.

Category: News
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:04:01 GMT
After the great fire of 2008 that threatened the archaeological site of Ancient Kameiros, Rhodes, the Ministry of Culture ordered a study for the reconstruction of the site that remains abandoned for almost three decades.