Ancient Corinth

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A short film by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens on its excavations at Corinth walked away from Spain's 20th International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa with Orona Foundation Award for best educational entry, the ASCSA has announced.

The moon rises above the castle of Acrocorinth, the acropolis of ancient Corinth, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Athens on May 6, 2020. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]

Young girls get elaborate hairdos based on ancient Greek styles during International Museum Day at the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in southern Greece on Saturday.

A colorful and joyful gaggle of 31 kids head down a narrow footpath to an excavation site at Ancient Corinth. They are all carrying backpacks and wearing identical green hats to protect them from the hot sun. 

Hyped about becoming archaeologists for a day, they were excited about digging, sifting and making exciting discoveries.

Traffic on the Corinth-Athens national highway, on the stretch between the junctions for Ancient Corinth and Epidaurus, will be briefly disrupted due to roadworks that begin on Wednesday and will continue intermittently until Saturday.

During this time, traffic will be limited to one or two lines in the direction of Athens.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen using cutting-edge technology to investigate the Corinthian port of Lechaion uncovered a well-preserved wooden caissons and also found that the port’s entrance canal was larger than previously believed. Lechaion is just one of the two Corinthian ports active from the 6th century BC to the 6th century AD.

A proposal by Greek telecom company Cosmote to provide free Wi-Fi at 19 major archeological sites and museums around Greece was approved by the Central Archaeological Council (CAC), Greece’s highest advisory body on the country’s cultural heritage.

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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by Natasa Kremmyda