Delphi
Greek army chief says country's forces react with prudence to Turkish provocations
Greek armed forces tackle Turkish provocations prudently while offering this country a reliable prevention force, the chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis told the Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday.
New Delphi opening hours announced
The Archaeological Museum of Delphi will be open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily until 21 March 2018, it was announced Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the archaeological site will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Sanctity | Athens | December 19 - January 12
The European Cultural Center of Delphi and the Photography Circle present "Sanctity," a group show at The Box in Athens exploring religion's "parental relationship" to art. Curated by photography historian Platon Rivellis, the show brings together 134 pieces by 44 artists.
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The Oracle shrine of Delphi
Divination was considered as one of the most important kinds of art (technai—arts, skills, crafts) among the ancient Greeks, second only to medicine, given along with fire to humans by Prometheus (Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 484-99).
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Ten amazing UNESCO World Heritage sites in Greece! (photos)
Because of its geographical position, Greece was a crossroad of civilisations that had left their traces everywhere: the architecture of the museums and settlements, miniature art, daily life, nutritional customs and in all forms of popular art in the various regions of the country.
Οn the slopes of the Vardousia mountains (PHOTOS)
Fokida, situated only a few hours away from Athens, constitutes an exceptionally gifted, rough and at the same time warm and hospitable land. Such unprecedented and unspoiled natural beauty is generously encountered throughout the whole region not only at mounts Giona, Vardousia and Oiti, but also at Mornos lake and at its gorgeous beaches!
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Touring Perfection | Delphi | November 1 - December 3
In cooperation with the Italian Education Institute in Athens, the Archaeological Museum of Delphi presents an exhibition by Italian photographer Paolo Morello titled "Touring Perfection," previously shown at the Epigraphic Museum in Athens. Curated by Aphrodite Economidou, the exhibition pays homage to ancient Greece's greatest cultural monuments as captured by the Palermo-born artist.
Arachova: A cosmopolitan Greek mountain experience! (PHOTOS)
The once-quiet village where people stopped to buy folk art before reaching Delphi, is now the winter equivalent of Mykonos.
Fault lines key to sacred sites of Ancient Greeks, study claims
The ancient Greeks may have built their temples in locations previously struck by earthquakes in the belief that the land held spiritual powers, a British scientist has claimed.
According to a study by Iain Stewart, professor of geoscience communication at the University of Plymouth, several sacred sites in the Aegean region are located on fault lines.
The Charioteer of Delphi: Ancient bronze sculpture shows Polyzalus of Gela in the moment of victory
The Charioteer of Delphi is a masterpiece of the ancient Greeks and is considered to be among the finest of the era’s bronze sculptures. Also known as Heniokhos, the life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896, in Delphi, at the Sanctuary of Apollo.