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Sold for $136,000,000: The “Karpidas collection” at Sotheby’s auction
The widow of the late founder of construction firm Archirodon, Pauline Karpidas, sold all 345 surrealist works in her possession – Top price was for René Magritte’s “La Statue Volante,” which changed hands for $13.7 million – The story of the family and their remarkable art collection
Andreas Syngros: Nouveau riche fraudster or national benefactor?
The path of the controversial tycoon, exactly 195 years after his birth: a top banker and businessman with a mythical fortune, considered the second most important Greek of the 19th century after King George I – Accused in the Lavreotika scandal and the 1893 bankruptcy, but left his entire fortune to the Greek state
Restoration of the Sanctuary of Pythian Apollo on the Ancient Acropolis of Rhodes – See photos
The project aims to restore and reinforce the monument, as well as to protect and preserve it from deterioration caused by severe erosion and adverse climatic conditions
The Small Civil War 1943–1944, Part II: Did Velouchiotis stab EDES in the back and did Zervas ally with the Germans?
The fierce German offensive against ELAS and EDES – Nazi attacks in Vourgareli and Pertouli – The 100 okades of gold sovereigns that fell into German hands – The fragmentation of EDES and Allied intervention
Ministry of Culture: Eleven new entries added to Greece’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO
Eleven new traditions join Greece’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage under UNESCO, including Tsakonian weaving, the Siniotikos dance of Corfu, and the Argos Orestiko Carnival
Scientists claim to have solved the mystery of Easter Island – 3D video shows how the iconic stone statues were moved
What are the giant stone Moai statues and what do they symbolize
