After returning from a visit to Delos in May 1864, Leon Terrier, a member of the French School of Athens (Ecole Francaise d’Athenes, or EFA), stressed that if the antiquities on the sacred Cyclades island were allowed to be destroyed, the world would be left with a void that could never […]
A rare, 4th century BC gold coin from a Greek colony on Crimea was among 31 antiquities confiscated in a raid on a premises in the Athens district of Paleo Faliro on Saturday. Police said that the objects were in the possession of a criminal gang engaged in the illegal trading of antiquities.
A 72-year-old man was arrested in northern Greece for keeping looted anti ant artefacts in his home.
A new scheme was launched on Monday at the Acropolis site in Athens to avoid overcrowding and to protect the monuments. From this point on, the daily cap on visitors will be 20,000.
“The ethics of the British Museum is once again called into question,” comments the Association of Greek Archaeologists on the theft and sale of 2,000 objects from the British Museum. “An unprecedented event in the history of museums internationally,” it highlights.
Archaeologist Yannos Kourayos has been digging on Despotiko since 1997.
The Aegean has been a sea of commerce ever since the dawn of the Neolithic Age, and obsidian was one of its most sought-after and valuable exports.
Around 2,000 artefacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time, but recovery efforts were already under way, the museum’s chair George Osborne said on Saturday.
The director of the British Museum has said he is stepping down with immediate effect after admitting to failings in the museum’s investigation into the theft of items from its collection.
The Acropolis Museum has refuted reports that coins were removed from its excavation site on August 22.
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (amth.gr) celebrates its 60th anniversary with an exhibition showcasing milestones over the course of those years.
The Culture Ministry’s recent decision to evict the Association of Greek Archaeologists (SEA) from the building on 134-136 Ermou Street which has been its home since 1982, is the latest episode in a long dispute between the union and the ministry.
It would be too easy to comment that the theft of antiquities from the British Museum, allegedly by a staff member who has since been sacked, is a sign of divine providence: the repository of much of humanity’s history, some of it of dubious provenance or evident theft, is getting a taste of its own medicine, and proving to be a far less adequate custodian of that incomparable treasure than it claims to be.
The Culture Minister has said that her ministry is following developments at the British Museum “very carefully” after it emerged that the London institution’s curator of Greek collections, Greek sculpture and the Hellenistic period was sacked after the disappearance of precious objects.
Archaeologists Gioulika Christakopoulou of the Achaean Ephorate of Antiquities and Helene Simoni of the University of Patras have every reason to be happy these days, despite the massive workload facing them.
The British Museum said Wednesday that a member of its staff has been dismissed after items dating back as far as the 15th century BC were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.
