Central Archaeological Council

Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) will convene on Tuesday to decide on whether to approve a study for the maintenance and restoration of the Amphipolis tomb. The discovery of the ancient burial monument on the Kasta hill in northern Greece...

More than 140 events will take place in various Greek archaeological sites, museums and monuments on the occasion of the 2015 August full moon, on Saturday, August 29. The events will vary from musical and theatrical performances, to shadow...

The Central Archaeological Council (CAC) has made progress in plans to build a brand-new museum on the island of Delos, one of the best known and significant archaeological sites in Greece. The general framework of principles and specifications for...

A statue of Alexander the Great created over two decades ago will be placed in downtown Athens, Greece, after the Central Archaeological Council (KAS) gave its approval. Meanwhile, Delta Municipality mayor in Thessaloniki Mimis Fotopoulos came in contact with Athens mayor Giorgos...

Greek Ministry of Culture said the results of the macroscopic study of the skeletal material from the fourth chamber and additional information on the geophysical survey carried out in the area of the Casta hill burial complex of Amphipolis,...

More than 1,000 climbers, journalists and tourists will be disappointed this year after the Central Archaeological Council of Greece (KAS) banned a climbing festival from taking place in the rock formations of Meteora in Central Greece. The annual climbing contest,...

For the past few years the walls and the foundations of the Acropolis have been collapsing due to heavy rainwater flow. Archaeologists have been aware of the erosion caused to the subsoil of the Acropolis by the rainwater and have...

Greece's Central Archaeological Council (KAS) has given the “green light” to events being organized by individuals on the premises of the Panathenaic Stadium and the Stoa of Attalos archaeological sites in Athens.  KAS decided in favor of granting the permission to two private operators...

Thissio Square will be renamed into Jacqueline de Romilly, in honor of the Hellenist and member of the French Academy Jacqueline de Romilly. The decision has already been taken by the municipal council of the Municipality of Athens. The members...

After the approval of the Central Archaeological Council, excavations at the Ancient Agora of Pella will continue for another five years under Ioannis Akamatis, Professor of Classical Archaeology of the University of Thessaloniki, according to Amna. Pella is an archaeological...