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Photo Credit: Regavim The are being taken over is located on the outskirts of an antiquities site called Khirbet Kurkosh, where a magnificent burial mausoleum from the Hellenistic period was found. The state of Israel has enacted an effective enforcement order against the PA Arabs’ takeover of Judea and Samaria, but the Civil Administration has refrained from using it, ignoring the approval of the High Court of Justice. Regavim and the Samaria Regional Council are now petitioning to activate the order against an invasion of an archaeological site in Samaria. The joint petition stresses that...

On April 18, it’s the World Heritage Day, or International Day for Monuments and Sites. Greece offers free entrance to all archaeological sites and public museums. World Heritage Day in Greece. On 18 April, all Ancient Greek sites, monuments and public museums are free to visit. Locals and visitors can enjoy sites like the Acropolis and Ancient Agora in Athens, Mycenae and Olympia in the Peloponnese, Delphi and many more. In addition, museums like the National Archaeological Museum in Athens or the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki have free entrance. Unfortunately, Greek museums ...

The most beautiful cities of Ancient Greece Search for: Although most tourists associate Ancient Greece with Athens and its numerous sights, such as the Parthenon, the Herodion of Atticus theatre, or the Temple of Olympian Zeus, there are hundreds of additional places around the country that are home to some of the most important archaeological findings in Greece. In fact, in almost every Greek city or on every Greek island, you will find ancient monuments, sculptures or remains of ancient buildings, that are evidence of the grand historical past of the country. Many of these monuments are UN...