The Peloponnese is home to some of Greece's most famous archaeological treasures. Millions of visitors make the journey each year to marvel at Mycenae, walk through the stadium at Ancient Olympia, or experience the remarkable acoustics of the theater...
Exquisite artifacts from the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) groundbreaking archaeological excavations on the Mycenean civilization in Greece will be on display for the first time in North America at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
The exhibition, The...
Prominent Greek archaeologist George S. Korres, known for his excavations in the area of ancient Pylos in Messenia in southwestern Greece, died on Monday, aged 85.
Korres was born in 1940 and his family originated from Naxos island. He was...
Greek archaeologists have unearthed part of the ancient theater of Thouria near Kalamata city in the Peloponnese, the Culture Ministry announced on Thursday.
The first remains of the ancient city theater, which dates back to the 4th century BC, came...
Torrential rain sweeping southern Greece has caused serious flooding in Lakonia after a dam burst on the Evrotas River, turning the surrounding area into a lake. Reinforcements have been sent from Athens, while efforts were underway to rescue people...
Mal Fidler is a 65-year-old woman who was born in the UK but decided to move to Greece. In her recent interview with a Greek website, she talked about her experiences and the beauties of Messenia where she now resides, the...
The entrepreneurship and success stories of the young Greek generation give people hope and many alternative ideas on how to beat the economic crisis. Sotiris Lymperopoulos is a man who is not afraid to give up his life in...
Michael Cosmopoulos, professor of the University of Missouri- Saint Louis (UMSL), is returning the oldest written text of Europe on a ceramic tablet, to Messenia, northern Greece, the place where he excavated and brought it to light.
Mr. Cosmopoulos has...
Michael Cosmopoulos, Professor of Archaeology and Chair of Greek Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, returns to the historic village of Iklaina where with his excavation he brought to light, in the summer of 2010, the oldest written text of...
Before Midnight opened the 3rd Athens Open Air Festival, the festival that fills parks, squares and pedestrians around central Athens with films and music. The two actors were accompanied by the trilogy’s director, Richard Linklater. The last movie was...
