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Ongoing excavations in Assos, which was one of the most important port cities in the ancient ages and home to many cultural riches such as an ancient theater, agora, necropolis and ramparts, have unearthed a 1,300-year-old iron machete and an ax used to shape wood.

Excavation and restoration works will be accelerated this year in the ancient city of Aizanoi, which is home to the best-preserved Zeus Temple in Anatolia and called the "Second Ephesus."

The Greece-China Year of Culture and Tourism 2021 will be inaugurated this May, officials said in a written statement on Wednesday.

Culture and Sports Minister Lina Mendoni held a meeting this week with Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue to discuss the program of events that will run from May 2021 until May 2022, according to an e-mailed press release from the ministry.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed her certainty that Greek-US relations will become even stronger during the tenure of US President Joe Biden, during her speech at a special event organized by the US Embassy in Athens on Wednesday.  

The 4th century BC Temple of Hephaestus, the god of metalworking, on the western edge of the Ancient Agora in Athens' Thiseio neighborhood, shone like never before during the inauguration of a new lightning system Tuesday. The design and installation of the new lighting system, overseen by award-winning lighting designer Eleftheria Deko, was funded by the Onassis Foundation.

The Aegean province of İzmir is expected to get a " new Ephesus" once an ancient theater believed to be buried and currently being excavated is revealed as archaeological works have been ongoing, İzmir Mayor Tunç Soyer has said.

A team from the National Organization of Public Health (EODY) conducted on Wednesday 36 tests on employees working for the Athens Ephorate of Antiquities as part of its tracing system, after a cleaner tested positive for coronavirus earlier this week.

One of the largest anti-graffiti campaigns in recent years has been under way in the historical center of Athens since last week.

The municipal project concerns a strip of stone wall about 200 meters long and 3 meters high that runs alongside the ISAP electric railway line connecting Monastiraki station with Thiseio.

This summer's installment of the popular Athens Open-Air Film Festival (www.aoaff.gr), bringing screenings of all-time classics and art-house favorites to different parts of the capital, kicks off on Wednesday, June 5, with Federico Fellini's 1973 comedy drama "Amarcord." Organized in cooperation with the Italian Embassy and Educational Institute

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Athens has just inaugurated an exhibition of outdoor sculptures by artist George Zongolopoulos that have been brought together from both Greece and abroad.