National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Pottery Reveals Yo-Yo Was an Ancient Greek Toy
The very first depiction of a yo-yo anywhere in the world is found on an ancient Greek vase from the 5th century BC, where a boy can be seen playing with the timeless toy.
The yo-yo is the second-oldest known...
Archaeology
Stolen Antiquities Returned from Munich Arrive at National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Eight crates containing 33 archaeological artifacts and 600 coins, including some ancient masterpieces dating to the 12th and 13th centuries B.C., arrived at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens from Munich on Friday.
The crates full of archaeological treasures were...
Archaeology
Music and Sculpture at National Archaeological Museum Events on Monday
In a tribute to the "muses" that have inspired artists from antiquity up to the present day, the National Archaeological Museum in Athens is planning two separate events on sculpture and music that will take place at the museum...
Archaeology
Modern Technology Uncovers New Findings: Ancient Greek Analog Computer was a Textbook of Astronomy
Although the artifact was recovered back in 1901, new technological advances have helped archaeologists learn even more about an ancient Greek analog computer that is over 2,100 years old.
It turns out that after the latest examination, the Antikythera Mechanism,...
Art
Greek-Italian Exhibition in Athens
The exhibition "Classicism and Europe: The European destiny of Greece and Italy" aims to bring out the contribution of the Greek and Roman world in the developement of the European civilization and Europe’s contemporary cultural identity.
The exhibition will be presented at...
Ancient Greece
Greece-Egypt: an Age-Old Relationship
Austrian professor Günther Hölbl will deliver a speech on June 29th at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens about the relationship between Greece and Egypt in the Iron Age. Archaeological findings as well religious and artistic influence obvious in the...