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Monday, March 28, 2016

Looking Back: 150 Years Since the National Archaeological Museum Was Founded

The birth of Greece’s National Archaeological Museum was first announced on April 27, 1866 by the Chief Guard of Antiquities Zissis Sotiriou — one of the fighters of the independence war of 1821. The announcement notified all Greeks that a new “Museum of All Greeks” was to be erected on the land donated by Eleni


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