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The corpus of all Jewish inscriptions found on Greece's mainland and islands was recently published by the Jewish Museum of Greece (JMG) in Athens. The "Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum Graeciae" contains inscriptions found at antiquities ephorates in Greece and museums dating...

The Diachronic Museum of Larissa took first place for its video "Tracing the Footsteps of Human Society" at the 5th European Museums in Short competition. The competition is an international contest for the best short videos shot by, for and...

The National Archaeological Museum is organising free thematic tours for Athens' year as World Book Capital. The tours will be conducted by the museum's archaeologists in groups of 30, free of charge. "Starting from prehistoric societies before writing emerged, where linear...

Achievements of ancient Greek technology can now be seen and admired in Athens at the "Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, Kostas Kotsanas", which opened its doors recently. The museum is a labor of love of Kostas Kotsanas; an engineer from...

Mary Katrantzou recently found herself at the Dallas Contemporary in Texas for the first official retrospective exhibit set up in her honor, featuring her designs and creations from the last decade of her career. Katrantzou, a London-dwelling Greek designer, has...

The Byzantine Museum of Argolida, is celebrating its opening in northern Peloponnesian town of Argos. The inauguration took place on Thursday as a part of efforts to increase the town's cultural and historical accessibility in order to reach out to...

Museums and archaeological sites throughout Greece will be closed on Monday due to a 24-hour warning strike declared by the Panhellenic Union of Employees for Guarding Antiquities. The museum and site guards are demanding that they continue to receive Sunday,...

Exhibitions, tours, educational programs, and visits to workshops are included in the agenda of the Archaeological Service on November 21. The events are organized by the Association of Greek Archaeologists along with its members and the culture ministry employees and concern the...

On Monday evening, November 7, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (NMCA) is inaugurating the entire ground and first floor of the building with an exhibition titled Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp. The ground and first floor will be dedicated to...

According to the AP, despite protests from the governments of Cyprus and Egypt the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, U.S., decided to go ahead with the sales of nearly two dozen antiquities at Christie's in New York. The auction...