The scent of antiquity, “Rodo” (Rose) has the feel of a primitive scented oil and is among the exhibits in the National Archaeological Museum’s temporary exhibition hall, adding another facet to a never-ending search.
Hymns sung to the Greek gods thousands of years ago resonated from ancient musical instruments in Athens on Thursday, transporting a transfixed audience to antiquity.
Tim Salmon, now aged 76, has seen every part of Greece on foot. He worked as a teacher on Crete and in Athens, and maintained a very close relationship with the country even when he went back home to the UK.
It all began with a daughter looking for a special gift for her mother. Given that her mother was an artist, what could be more beautiful or unique than her own artwork printed on a silk scarf?
The Acropolis Museum in Athens celebrated its ninth birthday on Wednesday with a jazz music concert in its courtyard and a free tour of the temporary exhibition, “Eleusis: The Great Mysteries.”
“He was always happy when he was painting and standing like a bird in front of the easel,” Harikleia Mytara once told me of her husband’s love for his art.
Greek sculptor Theodoros Papadimitriou, who signed his work with his first name, died in Athens on Friday at the age of 87.
With the original libretto by Giorgos Tsokopoulos, “Perouze” is now being revived in a production directed by Thodoris Abazis for the Greek Festival at the Herod Atticus Theater on June 16 and 17.
A new Jewish museum in Cyprus aims to be a bridge-builder to the Arab world and beyond, a place where visitors who may never set foot in Israel can learn about the Jewish faith, the Holocaust and the tumultuous beginnings of the Jewish state.
Filming for the new British miniseries "The Little Drummer Girl," which is based on a new adaptation of the John Le Carre spy thriller, wrapped up in Greece after 24 days of shooting, the Greek Film Center (GFC) said on Wednesday.
The scent of antiquity, “Rodo” (Rose) has the feel of a primitive scented oil and is among the exhibits in the National Archaeological Museum’s temporary exhibition hall, adding another facet to a never-ending search.
Tons of garbage continued to pile up on the streets of Athens Tuesday as efforts got under way at the capital’s main landfill in Fyli in northwestern Attica to repair a crack on the side of the dump and prevent a collapse. Deliveries to the landfill have been put on hold as authorities try to solve the problem. Meanwhile, several days of heavy rainfall have worsened the situation. Municipal officials indicated Tuesday that an extension to the Fyli landfill will open by Thursday, though it will take at least a week to gather the thousands of tons of trash that have piled up on the streets. [Eurokinissi]