Jewels

The Herodion stage in Athens will host "The Stars Shine Under the Acropolis," a stunning ballet gala featuring top international talent. The event will showcase stars from the Paris Opera Ballet, the Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Berlin State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, the Royal Danish Ballet and American Ballet Theater.

The Royal Opera House screenings of Zorlu PSM will continue with George Balanchine's ballet "Jewels" on May 26.

The three-act ballet created by George Balanchine premiered in 1967 at the New York State Theater.

The first ballet work in the new season of the İzmir State Opera and Ballet, William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet,' is on stage with a new interpretation at İzmir's Elhamra theater. The ballet can be seen on Nov 22, Dec 8-10, 2016, and Feb 25-28, 2017.

'Harem,' a ballet work on the Ottomans, has been staged by the Ankara State Opera and Ballet for 18 years. It holds a record as the longest-running play on the Turkish ballet stage The Turkish ballet work "Harem" (The Seraglio), which has been staged to a full house by the Ankara State Opera and Ballet for 18 years, has broken a record. 

Archaeologists found the grave of a young woman, laid to rest with all her jewels in an area near Bulgaria's Pernik, reports Darik radio. 

Together with the skeleton of the young woman, who died in the end of the XVIII c. were found the bones of a baby, which was most likely in its mother's womb when she died. Experts in anthropology are still to define the baby's exact age.