New DNA testing shows that amphorae containers were used for the storage of different products. -Katerina palamiotis The new DNA testing, Metagenomic DNA analysis, which recovers 10x more DNA, has helped researchers retrieve DNA samples from nine amphorae that were found in shipwrecks that dated back to the 5th and 3rd centuries BC. While wine [...]

Some of the most reknown basketball players of all time, arrived last Saturday in Ioannina, to take part in a game different from the others.  The game took place on Sunday, the 20th of February, in the gymnasium of Limnopoula.  The President of the Republic, Mr. Karolos Papoulias was present. Numerous players included Albertis, Rentzias, [...]

Just a few miles away from the river Evros, in a town famous for its Byzantine history, a great hydraulic construction came to light during a recent excavation in the area. According to archaelogists, it was constructed in the Roman period, when Diyimoteicho was still called Plotinopolis. Today at 19:00 p.m archaelogist Mathew Koutsoumanis will present during a [...]

Following  the official go-ahead given on Wednesday by Greece’s  Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the ancient Olympia site will soon acquire a Botanical Garden. The “Olympic Botanical Garden” will be planted on a twenty-five acre expanse between the northern and northwestern slopes of Cronus Hill (Kronion), between the ancient site’s Archaeological Museum and the hill, which is [...]

Greek director Nikos Koundouros decided to donate recently his body of work to the next generations.  All 500 titles of his work were donated to the Municipal Library of Saint Nikolaos region in Crete, where he originates.  As far as his valuable collection of the Byzantine and after Byzantine pictures is concerned, it is already [...]

Authorities declared today, that the investigation is continuing within the framework of an  international cooperation in order to trace a portion of the large quantity of precious gold.  The gold was stolen last October from Sofia Airport.  The police searches are now underway on Greek territory. At first the Bulgarian police arrested many people in [...]

Numerous Greeks will have the opportunity to see the partial eclipse of the sun tomorrow morning. The phenomenon is going to be visible in Greece, if the weather conditions are fine.  It will be visible from 08: 57 a.m until 11:58.  During these hours the moon will cover two-thirds of the sun. The next eclispe will [...]

A moderate earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook today at 07:08 a.m. in the sea region between Imvros and Samothrace. There are no immediate reports of damage or casualties. According to the official report of the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory in Athens, the quake’s epicenter was 320 km northeastward of Athens. At [...]

Today most Greek children went from door to door according to the tradition to sing the Greek carols. At the doorstep they are greeted by the house owners which give them money and baked goods. However, this year is different. The majority of Greeks are numb because of the fiscal crisis that made their lives [...]