Tag: ARCHEOLOGY

The Hadrian Aqueduct of Athens | An marvel of ancient Roman engineering springs back to life

Hadrian’s Aqueduct in Athens is the only Roman aqueduct of this type and size that has been constructed in Europe and that still carries water. This monumental technical construction of the ancient world does not only have great cultural value, but it can also be utilized to reduce the city’s environmental footprint.

The Greek government is supporting a multi-dimensional plan to put this ancient aqueduct back into use, in order both to cover current needs for irrigation water, and to develop new places of cultural and environmental interest.

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“Meanings”: Exhibition at the Acropolis Museum

The new exhibition titled NoHMATA “Meanings”. Personifications and Allegories from Antiquity to Today, at the Acropolis Museum, focuses on πersonified concepts and meanings with human or animal form and allegorical stories – from celestial objects, islands, rivers and cities to concepts like Justice and Injustice.

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Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology

The Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in the heart of Athens offers visitors the opportunity to discover two very interesting aspects of ancient Greek culture through its permanent exhibitions “Ancient Greece – The Origins of Technology” and “Musical Instruments and Toys of Ancient Greece”.

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📚📚Which is the meeting point between our inner landscapes and the surrounding environment? Where do the various human micro-stories meet the History of the Earth and the world?

On the occasion of the publication of his latest #poetry collection "What country am I" (Roes, 2025), #writer and #translator Christos Siorikis spoke to Reading Greece about the notion of "country" in his poetry, the importance of literary language and the interrelation between the personal and the collective in his work.
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Dimitris Anastasiou is a contemporary Greek artist renowned for his unique fusion of realism and dreamlike surrealism. Whether through paintings, polyptychs, or graphic novels, his work consistently evokes an atmosphere of cinematic stillness, existential depth and psychological complexity. He speaks to Greek News Agenda about his artistic language, his personal presence in art and the quiet power of concealment.
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Yiannis Bouteas’s Stratifications – Transformations is on view at the Archaeological Museum of Poros, co-organized by CITRONNE Gallery. Also showing: Yiannis Adamakos’s In Between. Both run until Sept 21—visit Poros, the greenest gem of the Argosaronic Gulf!