The day of National Celebration of the Greek Resistance was established by the government in 1982 and observed on 25 November, to commemorate the most important joint operation of Greece’s major resistance groups formed in World War II.
The dem…
This volume, a part of Brill’s Studies in Maritime History, presents Greek Maritime History and unravels the historical trajectory of a maritime nation par excellence in the Eastern Mediterranean. At the core of the book lies the rise of the G…
The new programme of the recently renovated National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum was presented in Athens along with the new vision of the Gallery’s director Syrago Tsiara. Through the motto ‘A National Gallery for Everyone&…
The Greek national flag has a 200-year history; it was initially conceived during the Greek War of Independence declared against the Ottoman Empire on 1821. Although it has had some variations over the years, it has consistently featured a white cros…
Ted Papakostas is an archaeologist, who after acquiring his PhD in classic archaeology in 2017, decided to introduce modern Greeks to a different view of antiquity, via his “pop archaeology” project ‘Archaeostoryteller’. The…
The city of Elefsina, designated as European Capital of Culture 2023, is "showcased" in the exhibition Mystery 29_ Elefsina - Raw Museum, at the Benaki Museum /Pireos 138.
Elefsina in history
Elefsina (Eleusis or Elevsis in Ancient Greek, deriving fr…
Mingei is a project exploring the possibilities of representing and making accessible the tangible and intangible aspects of craft as cultural heritage. Its aim is to promote traditional skills to a younger audience through the use of technology.
Fun…
The ‘Greek genius’ or ellinikon daimonion appears as the combination of two stereotypes with a long pedigree: Homer’s ingenious Odysseus, triumphing with tricks over his foes, and Virgil’s ‘deceitful Odysseus’. The…
The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, with the collaboration of the UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies, present Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelo…
Trailblazing environmentalist Costa Carras, who passed away on 28 February 2022, was posthumously granted the Grand Prix for International Relations awarded at the 2022 European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards. Carras was the founder of the So…
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