Amphipolis

Nine years after its discovery, the Kasta Tomb, also known as the Amphipolis Tomb, in northern Greece, opened to scientists, researchers and tour operators on Tuesday, who will be able to examine the archaeological site and find the best solutions for its operation.

The new culture minister, Lina Mendoni on Tuesday sought to underline the priorities of the new government in her field, heralding a revamp of the capital's historic center and plans for "sustainable development" in regions that host some of Greece's most significant archaeological sites and monuments.

Sofia Pavlaki's excitement when she talks about Greek Toys would shoot off the chart if we journalists had such a thing to measure interview subjects' enthusiasm about their respective fields. It is her brainchild, an educational initiative she has developed with her husband Luis Santos, an art historian, artist and film director, and her sister Foteini, who is in charge of marketing.

Three-and-a-half years after archaeologists brought to light a tomb dating to the era of Alexander the Great near Amphipolis in Macedonia, northern Greece, work related to the mysterious burial site appears to have come to a standstill.

The Amphipolis Tomb, a massive burial mound complex dating to the era of Alexander the Great near the ancient city of Amphipolis in Greece's northern Macedonia region, will be opened to the public in 2020, the country's culture minister has said.

The Culture Ministry has submitted a fresh request for 1.5 million euros in European funds to preserve and promote a tomb dating to the era of  Alexander the Great near Amphipolis in Macedonia, northern Greece.

Prolific actor and funnyman Yiannis Bezos directs and performs in a touring production of Aristophanes' comedy "Lysistrata" - in which the women of Greece seize power by refusing their men any bedtime fun until they put an end to the deadly Peloponnesian War.

What kind of residential, political and commercial structures did the Greek colonies on the northwestern coast of the Aegean have 2,700 years ago? Which language prevailed when the colonists mixed with the local Thracian population and what was their relationship to the rest of the Hellenic world?

“Amphipolis and all the important Greek monuments is our priority”, said Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou on Wednesday in a meeting with Central Macedonia regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas.

Archaeologists believe they night have detected a second monument at the Casta Hill in Amphipolis, in the Macedonian tomb complex, after the results of geophysical prospecting, carried out by the Applied Geophysics Lab of the Aristotle University of Macedonia, revealed a structure two meters deep on the west side of the hill.