Central Archaeological Council

The Central Archaeological Council that stands as the country’s highest advisory body on Greece’s cultural heritage made an unprecedented decision to allow the use of the Roman Odeon of Kos as a temporary accommodation shelter for refugees and migrants in the area. The decision came after a  request by Doctors Without Borders.

The Central Archaeological Council approved a proposal by the Ministry of Culture to increase admission prices for archaeological sites and museums in Greece as of January 1, 2016, based on each site’s numbers of visitors.

The highest entrance tickets will be at the iconic Parthenon at the Acropolis of Athens and the Knossos Palace on Crete.

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The Central Archaeological Council announced on Monday that a copy of a bronze column dedicated by 31 city states that had fought in the Battle of Plataeans (479 BC) against the Persians will be replicated and put on display at Delphi. The bronze is currently in Istanbul and stands at six meters.

The Central Archaeological Council announced its approval of a study to drain rainwater from the gymnasium at Ancient Olympia after another thirty meters of the eastern stoa, or colonnade, has been revealed in excavations.

The Central Archaeological Council (KAS) has given the City of Athens the green light to erect a bronze statue of Alexander the Great at either of two places proposed by the municipal authorities.

The statue, which depicts the ancient conqueror at an early age, was crafted by Yiannis Pappas in 1992 but has never gone on public display due to bureaucratic problems.

More information about the skeleton found at the Ancient Amphipolis tomb in northern Greece is to be made public by January 20, officials said on Wednesday.

The Erechtheion, the 5th-century BC temple situated at the north side of the Acropolis, is about to be revamped with a new floor that will enable visitors to access its interior, authorities said on Friday.

It will take at least another three years and some 40 million euros for the excavation of ancient ruins discovered during the construction of the Thessaloniki metro, which is ongoing, to be completed, experts have estimated.