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Winter solstice: Why pagans celebrate the shortest day of the year (a day late)

The day after the winter solstice marks the beginning of lengthening days

Gavras awarded Lifetime Honour by European Film Academy

Greek producers Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas received the Eurimages Co-Production Αward

Musical road show surprises locals in Chania, Crete (video)

The musical roadshow was to mark the sixth anniversary of the artistic group Passe-Partout

LA museum disputes Italian court ruling over return of Greek Bronze

The 2.000-year-old statue is held at the Getty Museum since 1977, when it was purchased for $4 million

Spectacular new drone video of ancient Greek town (video)

The entire town, perched atop its cliffs, overlooks emerald-green Palaia Monemvasia Bay

Christmas at the National Observatory of Athens

One of the highlights of the NOA’s initiatives is the decision to revive the astronomical method used 50 years ago to calculate the country’s official time

“Picasso – Metamorfosi” exhibition at Palazzo Real

The exhibition penetrates the intimate laboratory of a world-renowned artist in the light of the ancient sources that inspired the work

Last Greeks of Alexandria struggle to keep their community alive

The turning point for the community arrived with the 1952 revolution that resulted in the nationalist and socialist regime led by Gamal Abdel Nasser

Ancient, unknown strain of Plague found in 5.000-year-old tomb in Sweden

The researchers discovered the previously unknown strain of plague in the remains of a woman at the Frälsegården site

Archaeological Council approves extension of Antikythera Shipwreck exhibition at the Forbidden City

On its first day of opening, the Antikythera Shipwreck exhibition had approximately 16,000 visitors!

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