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The Louvre Museum has agreed to the reproduction of one of its most prized posessions – the Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory of Samothrace). Two replicas will be made following the initiative of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Prefect George Pavlidis who stressed the statue’s significance to the cultural heritage of Samothrace.

Social media caught fire on Wednesday after thousands of Youtube users rushed to view former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis’ 1101 promo trailer. They couldn’t make heads or tails of it. The video refers to a mysterious website and claims that the “1101 are coming. They’ll change everything.” The date given for change is November 1.

Recent works in Adana's large, ancient city of Anavarza have unearthed a battle field of gladiatorsOngoing excavations in the 2,000-year-old ancient city of Anavarza, located in the southern province of Adana's Dilekkaya village, have unearthed a battle field of gladiators for the first time. 

The Amintas Tombs in Fethiye have been cleaned by museum officials after news that locals were using them as storage space roused controversy Ancient tombs dating back to the 4th century B.C. have been cleaned by officials of the Fethiye Museum, after news emerged that they were being used as storage space by locals in the western province of Mu?la's Fethiye district. 

Excavation works on the ancient site of Soli Pompeiopolis have ended for the season in the southern province of Mersin's Mezitli district.

Archaeological teams brought to light various artifacts from a villa from the Late Roman Era to sesterces, an ancient Roman coin, during the 17th round of works on Soli, one of the most important port cities of the Roman era.

The International Symposium “Cycladica in Crete: Cycladic and Cycladicizing figurines within their archaeological context” is organized by the Museum of Cycladic Art under the auspices of the University of Crete, with the participation and collaboration of the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” and the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs, and with the support

Archeologists have drawn conclusions regarding the Amphipolis Tomb. They state that it was commissioned and financed by Alexander the Great in honor of his beloved friend Hephaestion. It was designed by architect Dinokrates or Stesikrates and was constructed at the end of the 4th century BC by Antigonus I Monophthalmus.

The history of the ancient city of Ephesus was believed to have stretched back 8,000 years ago, but the discovery of an amulet shows that it is at least one millennium older An amulet figure that has been unearthed during excavations at the Çukuriçi mound in Ephesus has revealed that the ancient city is actually nine millennia old. 

New data obtained during excavations on Van Castle has revealed that Lake Van was much smaller 7,000 years ago and has risen over time to reach its current size. 

The Middle East's insistence on being a major actor in the art scene carries political reasons: The image of a modern state is often built by the international art events that a country hosts Social sciences fail to explain how the Middle East ranks the bottom of socio economic development index when its share in oil revenue is unrivaled.