Culture Gucci Social Media Campaign Slammed for ‘Artistic Vandalism’ of Parthenon Sculptures by GTP editing team 30 December 2015 by GTP editing team 30 December 2015 The Club for UNESCO of Piraeus & Islands has slammed Gucci’s Instagram project #Guccigram for “humiliating” the Parthenon sculptures. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Linguist Sheds Light on the Mystery of Crete’s Phaistos Disc by GTP editing team 30 December 2015 by GTP editing team 30 December 2015 A linguist may have unveiled the mystery behind the famed Phaistos Disc, a 15cm fired clay tablet uncovered in 1908 in the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Traveling Suitcases to Teach Kids About Cycladic Art by GTP editing team 29 December 2015 by GTP editing team 29 December 2015 A team from the Athens-based Museum of Cycladic Art held a fund-raising event at New York’s Public Library last month in order to launch its “traveling suitcases” project aimed at … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Travel Agents Slam Decision of Museum Guards for Five-day Workweek by GTP editing team 15 December 2015 by GTP editing team 15 December 2015 FEDHATTA, the federation of Greek travel agents, on Tuesday slammed a decision announced by the guards of museums and archaeological sites in Greece to implement a five-day workweek and to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture UN for Rightful Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece by GTP editing team 11 December 2015 by GTP editing team 11 December 2015 The Parthenon Marbles should rightfully be returned to Greece, according to a decision by the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greece Shifts Strategy for Return of Parthenon Marbles by GTP editing team 9 December 2015 by GTP editing team 9 December 2015 The Greek government has changed plans in its quest for the return of the Parthenon Marbles after the country’s culture minister said on Tuesday, that a diplomatic campaign would be … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture SNF Cultural Center Near Completion: ‘We Hope the Greek People Enjoy it’ by GTP editing team 9 December 2015 by GTP editing team 9 December 2015 Construction of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is expected to be completed in the first half of 2016, when it will be donated to the Greek State, to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Kountoura Focuses on Key Culture Issues Ahead of 2016 Tourism Season by GTP editing team 8 December 2015 by GTP editing team 8 December 2015 With the 2016 season on her agenda, Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura recently held a meeting with Culture Minister Aristides Baltas to discuss key culture issues that are directly … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture ‘The Greeks’ Exhibit Takes Chicago by GTP editing team 7 December 2015 by GTP editing team 7 December 2015 The most comprehensive exhibition to tour North America, The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great featuring over 500 ancient treasures – many exhibited outside Greece for the first time … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Internet Access Now @ Greece’s Ancient Sites, Museums by GTP editing team 4 December 2015 by GTP editing team 4 December 2015 Net lovers can now have access to the internet at 19 archaeological sites and museums across Greece, the Central Archaeological Council (CAC) announced this week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Larissa Museum Offers Timeless Insight by GTP editing team 30 November 2015 by GTP editing team 30 November 2015 Featuring over 2,000 finds from excavations carried out in Larissa, Trikala and Karditsa, as well as donated objects and repatriated antiquities from all historical periods, a new museum in the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Plato and his Philosophy Come to Life as Academy Museum Goes Digital by GTP editing team 27 November 2015 by GTP editing team 27 November 2015 The Plato Academy Museum is now offering visitors to the ancient site in central Athens the chance to take a virtual tour of the grounds where the ancient Greek philosopher … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Poll: Greeks Say Culture Key to Pulling Country Out of Financial Fallout by GTP editing team 26 November 2015 by GTP editing team 26 November 2015 Seven in 10 Greeks believe culture can save the day and pull the country out of the economic crisis that has plagued it for seven years now, according to a … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Athens Conference to Explore How Museums Can Function as ‘Change Agents’ in Society by GTP editing team 25 November 2015 by GTP editing team 25 November 2015 Museum and cultural professionals from Greece, the U.S. and the UK will attend the 5th Museum Day-Conference at the Benaki Museum Pireos Street Annexe in Athens on Thursday, November 26, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture UNESCO Adds 5 Greek Regions to Global Geopark Network by GTP editing team 23 November 2015 by GTP editing team 23 November 2015 The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) has listed five regions in Greece, in its Global Geoparks networks program, presented recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture SNF Withdraws 3m euro Grant to National Museum of Contemporary Art Due to Delays by GTP editing team 20 November 2015 by GTP editing team 20 November 2015 The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced that it has withdrawn a three million euro grant to the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) due to failure to adhere to the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture All-in-one Tickets for 17 Archaeological Areas in Greece by GTP editing team 29 October 2015 by GTP editing team 29 October 2015 A total of 17 areas in Greece and their main archaeological attractions have been included in a new pilot all-for-one ticketing scheme to start in April 2016, the Central Archaeological … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Not One, Not Two… but 22 Shipwrecks Come to Light in Greek Archipelago by GTP editing team 29 October 2015 by GTP editing team 29 October 2015 A 13-day underwater expedition near the Greek islets of Fourni, between the eastern Aegean islands of Samos and Ikaria, revealed an unimaginable treasure a month ago, when marine archaeologists discovered … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Louvre OKs Replicas of ‘Nike of Samothrace’ in Greece by GTP editing team 9 October 2015 by GTP editing team 9 October 2015 On the initiative of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region, the Louvre Museum has agreed to allow the reproduction of one of its most popular exhibits: the Nike of Samothrace. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Amphipolis Finds Still Causing Stir by GTP editing team 5 October 2015 by GTP editing team 5 October 2015 The archaeologist leading the excavation works at the Amphipolis site in northern Greece, which a year ago had the world on edge as to the identity of the person buried … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
