Lekythos

Police seized 172 ancient artifacts and arrested two suspects during a raid on three homes and a vehicle in Alimos, a southern suburb of Athens.

Apart from the thrill of exploration and discovery, the Athena Research and Innovation Center's Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) serves multiple purposes, including conserving, analyzing, studying, promoting and disseminating Greece's massive cultural capital.

Standing at just under 60 centimeters in height, two 4th century BC marble vessels - a funerary lekythos and a loutrophoros - that the Greek state is in negotiations to repatriate from Switzerland have traveled across four countries, changing hands dozens of times between mediators, merchants, art collectors and even police authorities.

Greek archaeologist Christos Tsirogiannis based in Cambridge is reported to have identified two ancient Greek vases on sale at the well-known Frieze Masters art fair in Regent’s Park, London.

Who was the Berlin Painter and why is he so interesting? An exhibition starting on March 4 at Princeton University attempts to shed light on the life and work of the most important and influential artists living in ancient Athens in early 5 BC.