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Unveiling the Past: “Pylos of Nestor” Exhibition Opens in Athens

Remarkable antiquities from a radiant Greek civilization take center stage in the new exhibition, "Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealed," opening this Monday at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Running until the end of October, the temporary exhibition...

Mitropetrovas: The 70-Year-Old Warrior Who Became the Soul of the Greek War of Independence

By the time the flames of the Greek revolution swept through the Peloponnese in 1821, Dimitrios (Mitros) Petrovas, better known as "Mitropetrovas" had already lived a life more perilous and storied than most men could imagine. Yet it was...

Getty Museum Showcases Mycenaean Civilization, Griffin Warrior

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...

National Archaeological Museum 150th Anniversary Exhibition 'Odysseys' in October

What do the Antikythera Mechanism, Nestor's golden cup and the marble statue of an athlete from Delos all have in common? The answer is that they are all found in the collections of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens...