Greek Culture Ministry

In the more than two years since University of Cincinnati researchers unearthed the 3,500-year-old tomb of a Bronze Age warrior in southwest Greece, an incredible trove of riches has emerged, including four gold signet rings that have challenged accepted wisdom among archaeologists about the origins of Greek civilization.

The first floor of the Archaeological Museum of Kos will be accessible to the public as of Saturday, August 5, the Greek Culture Ministry said on Friday.

The Acropolis and other ancient monuments and museums in Athens will be open this weekend after Greek Culture Ministry employees called off a planned two-day strike.

The ministry workers' union says it took its decision following a meeting late Wednesday with Greeces culture minister - who, it said, took a "responsible" approach to employees' demands.

A photograph released on Friday by the Greek Culture Ministry shows part of the Egyptian Collection at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

The Athens Center is hosting a lecture on "Cave Sanctuaries in Attica: The Cave of Pan in Vari," on Tuesday, October 11. The speaker, Dr Alexandra Mari, is a prehistoric archaeologist at the Greek Culture Ministry's Ephorate of Paleoanthropology-Speleology.

Archaeologists excavating one of the richest shipwrecks of antiquity said Monday that they have found a 2,000-year-old depth-measuring device, and human bones that could help build an ancient mariner's genetic profile.

The Greek Culture Ministry on Friday denied press reports according to which the human remains discovered in an excavation at the site of Ancient Amphipolis in northern Greece have been identified, referring to «groundless 'information' and speculation."

Greece’s bid to establish its demand for the return of Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum in London to the Acropolis Museum in Athens more firmly on the international agenda came a step closer this week after UNESCO agreed to act as arbiter in the dispute between Greece and the UK.