The National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation ( el, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, ''Morfotiko Idryma Ethnikis Trapezis'', MIET) is a cultural foundation based in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

founded in 1966. The Foundation was established under the administration of

Georgios Mavros Georgios Mavros ( el, Γεώργιος Μαύρος) (Kastellorizo, 15 March 1909 – Athens, 6 May 1995) was a Greek jurist and politician. He served in several ministerial posts, and was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister ...

, as part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of the

National Bank of Greece The National Bank of Greece (NBG; el, Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος) is a global banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Athens, Greece. 85% of the company's pretax preprovision profits are derived ...

, which decided to create a cultural foundation to support the humanities, arts and sciences. After interruption during the

Greek military junta of 1967–1974 The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

, the Foundation recommenced its activities in 1974, again under the sponsorship of Georgios Mavros, then

Centre Union – New Forces Centre Union – New Forces (EK-ND, Greek: ''Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις'' (Ε.Κ. – Ν.Δ.), ''Enosi Kentrou-Nees Dynameis'') was the continuation of the Centre Union party of George Papandreou after the military junt ...

leader and Deputy Prime Minister of Greece.

Historical and Palaeographical Archive

Among MIET's principal projects is the Historical and Palaeographical Archive (Ιστορικό και Παλαιογραφικό Αρχείο) on Panagi Skouze St., Athens. The archive aims to establish a microfilm archive of manuscript codices and historical archives from Greek-speaking lands, conduct research and provide information for the study of Greek manuscripts and palaeography. The project includes musical manuscripts. The director is Dr. Agamemnon Tselikas, who worked on the deciphering of the

Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera mechanism ( ) is an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomy, astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. It could also be ...

.The Best of Technology Writing 2008 - Page 88 Clive Thompson - 2008 -"Yanis Bitsakis, the PhD student, collaborated with Freeth and the X-Tek team in rendering the X-ray data as computer images, while Agamemnon Tselikas, a leading Greek paleographer, did all the readings and most of the translations.

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Official website of MIET
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Historical and Palaeographical Archive

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