Culture Excavation Continues At Ancient Amphipolis, Greece: More Discoveries by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 by GTP editing team 21 August 2014 The Greek Culture Ministry is keeping the public updated on a major ongoing excavation taking place at the site of Ancient Amphipolis, in central Macedonia, Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture The Sphinxes Of Ancient Amphipolis, Greece, Have Been Revealed by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 Two Sphinxes found to be guarding the entrance of a recently discovered tomb that dates between 325 and 300 BC in Ancient Amphipolis, Greece, have been totally revealed. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Willem Dafoe Narrates The History Of The Benaki Museum In Greece (Video) by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 The Benaki Museum – An enlightening short film by Athena Rachel Tsangari and narrated by American actor Willem Dafoe about Antonis Benakis. A man who dedicated his life to the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Athens To Display 25 Masterpieces From Greece & Italy by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 by GTP editing team 20 August 2014 Twenty-five masterpieces from Greece and Italy will be displayed at an art exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens as of late August. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture The Guardian: The Acropolis Museum Is The Best Place To House The Parthenon Marbles by GTP editing team 19 August 2014 by GTP editing team 19 August 2014 “The Parthenon marbles are the world’s most beautiful art – and that’s why we should give them back,” columnist Jonathan Jones wrote in an article published recently in The Guardian. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Archaeological Sites And Museums Attract More Visitors by GTP editing team 14 August 2014 by GTP editing team 14 August 2014 Visitors to Greek archaeological sites during the first four months of the year increased by 24.9 percent and revenue from receipts were up by 21.5 percent compared with the same … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Dig Unveils Important Discovery At Ancient Amphipolis, Northern Greece by GTP editing team 12 August 2014 by GTP editing team 12 August 2014 “We are in front of an extremely important find,” Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said during his visit to Ancient Amphipolis in Serres, Central Macedonia, northern Greece, where archaeologists are … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture From London To Athens By Bike, An Initiative For The Parthenon Marbles To Return To Greece by GTP editing team 7 August 2014 by GTP editing team 7 August 2014 Italian professor Salvatore Lo Sicco traveled from London to Athens on his bike to rally for the Parthenon Marbles to return to their birthplace in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Awards Acropolis Of Athens On CNN’s Most Beautiful World Heritage Site List by GTP editing team 6 August 2014 by GTP editing team 6 August 2014 American news network CNN has provided an updated version of the world’s 20 most beautiful World Heritage Sites and the Acropolis of Athens came in second! 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museum Of Laskarina Bouboulina Open 7 Days A Week For Visitors On Spetses by GTP editing team 31 July 2014 by GTP editing team 31 July 2014 Bouboulina’s Museum on Spetses, Greece, will operate every day to as late as 8:30 pm during the peak summer months due to high visitation, according to the museum’s management. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Vaulted Mycenaean Tomb Discovered In Amfissa, Central Greece by GTP editing team 30 July 2014 by GTP editing team 30 July 2014 A Mycenaean vaulted tomb has been discovered near Amfissa, central Greece, during an excavation project. The tomb has not been looted and the offerings found date its use from the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek National Opera: Verdi’s “Otello” At Odeon of Herodes Atticus In Athens by GTP editing team 29 July 2014 by GTP editing team 29 July 2014 Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece Otello will be presented for three more performances by the Greek National Opera (GNO) in a new production at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus by the acclaimed … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Museum To Celebrate Full Moon On 10 August by GTP editing team 24 July 2014 by GTP editing team 24 July 2014 The Acropolis Museum will celebrate the August Full Moon on Sunday 10 August 2014 with opera classics, film music and famous Greek melodies, performed by the historic Hellenic Air Force … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Visitation Numbers At Greece’s Museums, Archaeological Sites Increase by GTP editing team 11 July 2014 by GTP editing team 11 July 2014 Visitors to Greek museums during the first three months of the year increased by 13 percent and revenue from receipts were up by 8.4 percent compared with the same period … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture The New York Times Presents The Acropolis Maidens – The Caryatid Statues by GTP editing team 11 July 2014 by GTP editing team 11 July 2014 The renowned Caryatid statues that stood atop the Acropolis for 2,500 years and are now the “star attractions” of the Acropolis Museum are presented in an article in The New … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greece Considered Too Expensive For Shooting Films by GTP editing team 30 June 2014 by GTP editing team 30 June 2014 Greece’s high VAT, the cost of filming at an archaeological site and all the red tape and paperwork involved, are the main reasons why major Hollywood productions are being filmed … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture National Geographic Features The “Facelift” Of the Caryatids At The Acropolis Museum by GTP editing team 25 June 2014 by GTP editing team 25 June 2014 The “new look” of ancient Greece’s four marble maidens – the Caryatids – was recently featured by National Geographic. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture New Campaign Launches For The Return Of The Parthenon Marbles To Greece by GTP editing team 24 June 2014 by GTP editing team 24 June 2014 “Return (the marbles), Restore (Parthenon), Restart (history)” is the title of a new international campaign for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles launched by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna V. Vardinoyannis. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Meryl Streep To Play Greek Opera Legend Maria Callas by GTP editing team 20 June 2014 by GTP editing team 20 June 2014 Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep will play Greek opera legend Maria Callas in an upcoming film, The New York Daily News Page Six column published recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Museum Celebrates 5th Birthday On 20 June by GTP editing team 18 June 2014 by GTP editing team 18 June 2014 On 20 June the exhibition areas of the new Acropolis Museum will remain open from 8am until 12 midnight with reduced admission. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
