Calliope Kotsifi

When visitors go to museums, they do so for a variety of reasons; to learn about history and culture, find inspiration or enjoy an experience with family and friends. Museums also offer an alternative way to connect with the past…

While women were excluded from the ancient Olympic Games, the Heraean Games held in Olympia gave parthenoi (unmarried young women) the opportunity to participate in a running competition. The games were organised by a group of sixteen women, who were also charged to weave a peplos for Hera…

Coins made of electrum first appeared in the late 7th century BC among the Lydians, but it was their adoption by the Greeks that marked a turning point in economic and political life mostly within the Greek world. Coinage was a…