From the YouTube channel of LycurgosNysio The museum includes collections of Hellenistic and Roman sculpture (funerary reliefs, funerary and honorary altars, portraits, table supports, statues) from the city of Veroia and other sites of the district, Hellenistic pottery and figurines from the cemeteries of Veroia, Hellenistic and Roman architectural parts (columns, bases, capitals etc.) exhibited in the courtyard, inscriptions from […]

Washington, May 20 (ANI): A massive, headless statue of a Greek king has been found in the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple, indicating that the structure could be the final resting place of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, experts say. Archaeologists have been excavating around the temple of Taposiris Magna in hopes of finding the couple’s graves. The black granite […]

You are cordially invited to the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at noon 12:00 pm local time. The museum occupies the premises of the Anastasios Piheon Historic Mansion in Kastoria’s Doltso neighbourhood. All are welcome. A reception at the museum will immediately follow the opening ceremony. The Society […]

A collection of Hellenistic coins dating back to the era of Alexander the Great were found near Najm Castle in the Manbej area in Aleppo governorate (northern Syria ). The coins were found by a local man as he was preparing his land for construction, uncovering a bronze box that contained around 250 coins. He promptly delivered the coins to […]

The Pernik Museum of History keeps a coin hoard, weighing 80 kilograms, in a safe; the museum lacks money for numismatic showcases The biggest gold treasure in Bulgaria has been locked for 40 years. For several decades already the state authorities have been trying to discover the missing coins from the hoard, which was once a part of the treasury […]

New permanent exhibition at Volos Archaeological Museum The evolution of the Thessaly town of Volos, on the coast of the Pagasitic Gulf, from the Mycenaean era to the Roman era, is presented in a new permanent exhibition inaugurated in the new wing of the Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum of Volos, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.    The Museum was built […]

The new Acropolis Museum will open to the public, on a strictly restricted basis, on Sunday 21 June 2009. On Sunday 21, Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 June 2009, visitors can only enter the museum with an e-ticket – a ticket pre-purchased through the Museum’s website. The Museum website at www.theacropolismuseum.gr is expected to operate from 15 June 2009. On […]

Muzej na ”Makedonija” Arheoloski, Etnoloski, Istoriski (Museum of F.Y.R.O.M Archaeological, Ethnological and Historical Department) Date founded: 1949 By Makedonas82

Museum of “Macedonia” (sic) Address Kjurciska bb. Location Kale Phone +389 2 3129323; +389 2 3116044 Spoken Languages English Payment forms cash Working hours Tuesday- Saturday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday closed The last weekend of the month free entrance Macedonia’s long and legendary history has been carefully preserved in its museums, the most important of which are in […]

More undoubted evidence that the forefathers of modern Slavs in FYROM were Bulgarians and Serbs.     By ChicagoGeorge