Eleni Banou

The Makrygianni neighborhood continues to reveal precious treasures from its glorious past. Following the discovery of a large white marble statue of Hermes from the Roman period near the Herodeion, at the intersection of Erechtheiou and N.

Greek Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba on Monday retracted her request for the resignation of two archaeologists she considered responsible for months of delays in the restoration of a platform lift for disabled persons at the Acropolis Hill.

The White House has released a video of outgoing President Barack Obama's visit to the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum on Wednesday, on its Twitter account.

In the video, President Obama is seen being given a private tour of the Acropolis by Dr Eleni Banou and the Acropolis Museum by its director, Dr Dimitrios Pantermalis.

US President Barack Obama is visiting the Acropolis in Athens, on his second and final day of his visit to Greece, prior to delivering his scheduled speech on democracy at the Niarchos Foundation later, Wednesday.

President Barack Obama started his final day in Greece with a tour of the Acropolis, the nation's most famous ancient monument.

A picture posted by the US Embassy on Twitter showed Obama during a private tour on the ancient citadel by Dr Eleni Banou of the Greek Ministry of Culture.

One of the sites chosen as part of the green cultural routes program organized by the Culture Ministry’s Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programs Department was Aristotle’s Lyceum. The tour, which introduced attendees to new and exciting information about life in ancient Greece, was led by the head of the Third Ephorate of Classical Antiquities, Eleni Banou.