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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni opened a Ministry of Culture conference on “Greek World Heritage Monuments: Strategic Vision and Management Plans” at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, where officials and experts examined the future protection and promotion of Greece’s UNESCO-listed sites. Participants focused on transitioning from fragmented protection practices to a modern, holistic, and dynamic management model. The approach incorporated strategic plannin

Professor Antonia Moropoulou of the National Technical University of Athens spoke about the historic restoration of the Holy Sepulchre, located inside the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. The landmark project began in June 2016 and was completed in March 2017, following an invitation from Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and a joint decision by the three Christian communities that serve as custodians of the site. The restoration drew global attention, marking the

Saturday, April 26, 1986, was a day that went down in history in black letters. Shortly after midnight (from Friday to Saturday), the largest nuclear disaster in the history of Europe and nuclear energy occurred, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. On Sunday this year, April 26, it will be exactly 40 years since this disaster, which affected the lives and generations of people not only in Ukraine but also in the entire Eastern part of Europe. Historians even cl

The name George is one of the most popular in Greece, if not the most popular, yet few are aware of its ancient Greek origins. Moreover, even fewer know about the unique proverb featuring the name or how widespread it is in other countries. After wishing a happy name day to the hundreds of thousands of Georges in this country, we present nine fascinating facts we uncovered about their first name. The Name George: 171,007 Greeks Bear This Name This is the estimated number of

This year, the world commemorates the 111th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to 1918. Its beginning is traditionally associated with the date April 24th. The Armenian Genocide was the first recorded genocide in modern human history and claimed a total of 1.5 million victims. How and why did it happen? The Armenian Genocide took place against the backdrop of World War I. On November 2, 1914, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I (on the side of

Zurich, April 12 - In Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland, archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally preserved cargo of a Roman ship from the period between 20 and 50 AD. More than a thousand ceramic objects, weapons and other artifacts were found below the surface. As euronews.com reports, the discovery was kept secret for a long time to prevent looting. Divers Fabien Langenegger and Julien Pfyffer came across the find, who initially assumed that it was the remains of mines f