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Greek Archaeological Service
The Greek Archaeological Service ( el, Αρχαιολογική Υπηρεσία) is a state service, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture, responsible for the oversight of all archaeological excavations, museums and the country's archaeological heritage in general. It is the oldest such service in Europe, being founded in 1833, immediately after the establishment of the modern Greek state.Patrizio (2009), p. 155 Notable members *Semni Karouzou * Venetia Kotta See also * List of museums in Greece * Central Archaeological Council * Archaeological Society of Athens * Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities The Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities ( el, Εφορεία Εναλίων Αρχαιοτήτων) is a department within the Greek Ministry of Culture responsible for underwater archaeology. The Ephorate was founded in 1976, and has jurisdiction ... References Sources * * External links The Historical Archive of the Archaeological Service Archaeolog ...
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Archaeological Society Of Athens
The Archaeological Society of Athens (Greek: Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία) is an independent learned society. Also termed the Greek Archaeological Society, it was founded in 1837 by Konstantinos Bellios, just a few years after the establishment of the modern Greek State, with the aim of encouraging archaeological excavations, maintenance, care and exhibition of antiquities in Greece. The Archaeological Society of Athens work in excavation and funding of archaeological endeavours are extensive. For example, the society helped discover new epigraphical evidence associated with the sanctuary of the goddess Demeter within Eleusis. In addition to this, they provided plans of the prehistoric settlement of Thorikos to help uncover ancient ceramic material. History The Archaeological Society of Athens is an independent archaeological organisation of scholars, historians, and academics founded in 1837. It was built to relocate, restore, and re-erecting ...
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Ministry Of Culture (Greece)
The Ministry of Culture and Sports ( el, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού) is the government department of Greece entrusted with preserving the country's cultural heritage, promoting the arts, and overseeing sport through the subordinate General Secretariat for Sports. The incumbent minister is Lina Mendoni. The Deputy Minister for Modern Culture is Nicholas Yatromanolakis, and the Deputy Minister for Sports is . History This ministry was established in 1971 as the Ministry of Culture and Sciences () and it was renamed the Ministry of Culture () on 26 July 1985. On 7 October 2009, it was merged with the Ministry of Touristic Development to form the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (). It ceased to exist on 21 June 2012, when the Ministry of Tourism was re-established and the culture portfolio was absorbed by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs to form the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports ...
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Semni Karouzou
Semni Papaspyridi-Karouzou (; 1897 8 December 1994) was a Greek Classical archaeology, classical archaeologist who specialized in the study of pottery from ancient Greece. She was the first woman to join the Greek Archaeological Service; she excavated in Crete, Euboea, Thessaly, and the Argolis, Argolid, and worked as Curator of ceramic collections at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, National Archaeological Museum in Athens for over thirty years. She experienced political persecution under the Greek junta, Greek military junta of 1967-1974. She has been described by the archaeologists Marianna Nikolaidou and Dimitra Kokkinidou as "perhaps the most important woman in Greek archaeology", and by the newspaper ''To Vima'' as "the last representative of the generation of great archaeologists".Marianna Nikolaidou & Dimitra Kokkinidou (1998), 'Greek women in archaeology: an untold story', in Margarita Díaz-Andreu & Marie Louise Stig Sorensen (eds), ''Excavating Women: A Hist ...
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Venetia Kotta
Venetia Kotta (; 1897 or 1901 – 1945) was an archaeologist, museum curator, and Byzantine historian from Sampsunta in the former Ottoman Empire. Biography and historical background Venetia Kotta was born in 1897 or 1901 in Sampsunta, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Her parents belonged to the Pontus region's Greek-speaking minority. Kotta completed her high school education in Russia. Later, she ran a girls' school for Romanian Greeks in Bucharest. During the 1920s, she went to universities in Athens and Paris. She studied the Byzantines under Gabriel Millet and earned a PhD while attending school in Paris. In 1933, Kotta applied for a job at the University of Thessaloniki, aiming to teach a course about the people's public and private lives in Byzantine times. Her application was rejected, possibly on the basis of her gender. In the 1930s, Kotta became involved with Greece's archaeological community. She wrote for the ''Archaiologiki Ephimeris'', one of Greece's promine ...
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List Of Museums In Greece
This is a list of museums in Greece by regional unit. Attica Central Athens :Archaeological *Acropolis Museum * Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos *Epigraphical Museum *Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art * Museum of the Ancient Agora *Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies *National Archaeological Museum of Athens *Old Acropolis Museum *Numismatic Museum of Athens * Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection :Byzantine, Ecclesiastic *Byzantine and Christian Museum (of Athens) :Biographical, City, Diachronic, Ethnic, Ethnographic, History, Historic House *Benaki Museum *Eleftherios Venizelos Historical Museum *Jewish Museum of Greece *Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou * Museum of the City of Athens * National Historical Museum of Greece (Old Parliament House) :Folklore, Folk art *Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery *Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum *Museum of Greek Folk Art *Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments *Museum of the History of the Gree ...
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Central Archaeological Council
The Central Archaeological Council and Museums Council ( el, Κεντρικό Αρχαιολογικό Συμβούλιο και Συμβούλιο Μουσείων), commonly known simply by its older abbreviation KAS (Κ.Α.Σ.), is the supreme advisory body for all matters pertaining to the "protection of antiquities and cultural patrimony in general" in Greece. Its present form and functions are regulated by Law 3028/2002, but its origins date back to 1834, when the Central Committee (Κεντρική Ἐπιτροπὴ) of the Greek Archaeological Service was established. This was renamed to Archaeological Committee (Ἀρχαιολογικὴ Ἐπιτροπὴ) and given broader powers in 1899, to Archaeological Council (Ἀρχαιολογικόν Συμβούλιον) in 1910, and to Central Archaeological Council (Κεντρικό Αρχαιολογικό Συμβούλιο) in 1977. Its members are selected among scientists, educators, artists, and archaeologists. It is ...
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Ephorate Of Underwater Antiquities
The Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities ( el, Εφορεία Εναλίων Αρχαιοτήτων) is a department within the Greek Ministry of Culture responsible for underwater archaeology. The Ephorate was founded in 1976, and has jurisdiction over the entirety of Greece (unlike the regional antiquities ephorates). Permission from the EUA is needed to conduct surveys and photography dives on architectural structures, such as shipwrecks, in Greek waters. The EUA itself is also responsible for the discovery, exploration, and maintenance of underwater activities. The Ephorate operates two regional offices, based in Thessaloniki and Heraklion. In 2003, the Ephorate was given jurisdiction over all wrecks of ships and aircraft more than fifty years old. A Museum of Underwater Antiquities is currently being designed, under the auspices of the EUA. It will be situated in the harbour of Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within ...
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Archaeology Of Greece
The Archaeology of Greece includes artificial remains, geographical landscapes, architectural remains, and biofacts (artefacts that were once living organisms). The history of Greece as a country and region is believed to have begun roughly 1–2 million years ago when Homo erectus first colonized Europe.Bintliff at 29. From the first colonization, Greek history follows a sequential pattern of development alike to the rest of Europe. Neolithic, Bronze, Iron and Classical Greece are highlights of the Greek archaeological record, with an array of archaeological finds relevant to these periods. Hunter-gatherers of Greece inhabited the region during the Middle Paleolithic Age (55,000–30,000 BC).Pomeroy et al. at 5. Franchthi cave, an archaeological site in Southern Greece, has uncovered evidence which demonstrates people hunting small and large game, gathering wild cereals and fishing in coastal waters, following the Ice Age. Neolithic Greece Succeeding the hunter-gatherers of Anci ...
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National Archaeological Organizations
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator g ...
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1833 Establishments In Greece
Events January–March * January 3 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. * February 6 – His Royal Highness Prince Otto Friedrich Ludwig of Bavaria assumes the title His Majesty Othon the First, by the Grace of God, King of Greece, Prince of Bavaria. * February 16 – The United States Supreme Court hands down its landmark decision of Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. * March 4 – Andrew Jackson is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States. April–June * April 1 – General Antonio López de Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico by the legislatures of 16 of the 18 Mexican states. During his frequent absences from office to fight on the battlefield, Santa Anna turns the duties of government over to his vice president, Valentín Gómez Farías. * April 18 – Over 300 delegates from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland travel to the office of the Prime Minister, the Earl Grey, to cal ...
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Government Agencies Of Greece
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, Executive (government), executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 List of sovereign states, independent national governments and Governmental organization, subsidiary organizations. The major types of political systems in the modern era are democracies, monarchies, and authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Historically prevalent forms of government include monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy ...
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