6 Athens Museums you’ve probably never heard of
…and why you should visit them this year
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Olive Oil tasting
At the Athens Centre for our students from Case Western Reserve University!
PSU Spring 2017 program
A warm welcome to our newly arrived students from Pennsylvania State university, on the 2017 Spring Program! Professors Mark Munn and Mary-Lou Munn return to the Athens Centre and will lead this program with their 9 students. The program is entitled «Sanctuaries and Oracles of Greece» They will travel to Delphi and will explore Athens, […]
The Unseen Museum: A 7,000 Year Old Enigma on Rare Exhibit
Beneath the bustling with life halls of the National Archeological Museum an altogether different world is hidden. Statues, gold jewelry, valuable bronze vessels, as well as personal everyday objects patiently await the moment to become the centre of attention. Starting in 2015, antiquities selected from the unknown world of the storerooms, one after the other, […]
Hellene, Romios, Greek: Collective Identifications and Identities
International conference “Έλλην”, “Ρωμηός”, “Γραικός”: Collective Identifications and Identities, took place from 19 to 21 January 2017.
Ancient sarcophagus returned to Greece, nearly 30 years after it was stolen
NEW YORK —The Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Friday announced the return of a fragment of an ancient marble sarcophagus fragment to Greece, CBS New York reports. As part of a continuing investigation with partners in international law enforcement, the DA’s office went into a gallery in Midtown Manhattan with a search warrant and seized […]
A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700BC – 200AD
A World of Emotions Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD March 9 – June 24, 2017 HOURS Monday – Saturday: 10am to 6pm Thursday until 9pm GUIDED TOURS Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 1:00pm Admission and exhibition tours are FREE <div «=»»> Every historical event—from a war and a financial crisis to an ecological catastrophe or […]
«Deviant Burial and the Dangerous Dead in Ancient Athens»
At the Swedish Institute at Athens, Friday, February 24th, at 7pm
The Tradition Of Tsiknopempti
Tsiknopempti is the Thursday during carnival that marks the beginning of the last weekend that observant Greek Orthodox Church members are allowed to eat meat before they begin their lenten fast. Tradition has it that on this day everyone prepares and enjoys their favorite meat dishes and typically a cloud of smoke where it is […]