Costas Tasoulas

By Costas Kantouris

Scientists have opened the second phase of their excavation of the vast 4th-century BC burial mound in Amphipolis town in search of more tombs and bodies.

The first search of the site, which was built shortly after Alexander the Great's death, discovered and dug up a tomb containing a skeleton.

Archaeologists excavating a tomb dating to the era of Alexander the Great in ancient Amphipolis in northern Greece have found human remains, the Culture Ministry said Wednesday.

Parties across the political spectrum on Friday condemned an arson attack that destroyed the headquarters of the free weekly Athens Voice newspaper in the central Athens neighborhood of Exarchia.

As the country’s museums and archaeological sites prepare to revert to a reduced winter timetable on Saturday, Culture Ministry officials yesterday hailed as a resounding success the enforcement of an extended timetable at most of the country’s sites over the summer.

The cost of excavation operations on Kasta Hill in Serres, northeastern Greece, has not exceeded the sum of 590,000 euros, Culture Minister Costas Tasoulas told Parliament on Monday.

Tasoulas presented the information to the House following a question by Independent Greeks MP Nikos Nikolopoulos.

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Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney, who is married to American actor George, on Wednesday said that Greece had “just cause” in seeking the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum, speaking of an “injustice that has persisted for too long.”

By Margarita Pournara

A recent visit by newly appointed Culture Minister Costas Tasoulas to the Archaeological Site of Nemea brought some good news to one of the country’s leading sites, which has been struggling to stay open due to staff and security shortages since the start of the crisis.