Ancient Greece

The issue of Greece’s standing demand for the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum has generated renewed interest by a portion of the UK press recently, with the Guardian, Telegraph and BBC all touching on the issue.

The Bulgarian movie "The Sinking of Sozopol" was awarded the best international feature film at the New York City International Film Festival.

The movie is directed by Kostadin Bonev and stars Deyan Donkov and Snezhina Petrova in the leading male and female roles.

International Museum Day has been celebrated worldwide on May 18 every year since 1977. The day is aimed at raising awareness on how important museums are in the development of society. Greece, a hub of culture, could not be missing from celebrations with a number of activities planned at museums around the country.

Industrial Gas Museum

Femen’s bare-breasted protests reached the Acropolis in central Athens on Thursday as a blonde activist with the words “No God, No Master” written across her chest posed a … modern-day Caryatid in front of the Erechtheion Temple.

The image of the Parthenon in Athens is recognizable on a global scale.  Both Greeks and foreigners remember the Acropolis after it was destroyed and plundered. Even though wounded by eons of abuse by foreigners, the Parthenon still stands tall.

The Acropolis Museum (D. Areopagitou Street) is celebrating European Night of Museums on May 16 with a number of events.

Friday, May 16

Talks

A free talk on “Images, Beliefs, Cults” is part of the Museum’s alternating Saturday talks with presentations in Greek at 8.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. There will be 35 people per talk.

Music

A new exhibition at the New Acropolis Museum, entitled “Samothrace: Mysteries of the Major Gods”, will showcase 262 antiquities and artifacts from the island’s museum.

Alternate Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis said on Thursday that the electronic ticket will be available from June starting from the archaeological site of the Acropolis. The goal is to create e-tickets to apply at all Greek archaeological sites by the end of the year.

Agricultural remnants from 6,000 years ago are expected to be unearthed this year during archaeological excavations that have lasted for 22 years in the Thracian province of K?rklareli's A?a??p?nar area. 

Exquisitely crafted gold, silver and bronze objects are on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris, giving visitors a rare glimpse of the ancient Thracian culture that produced them.