The discovery of a 2000-year-old headless statue from the Hellenistic period has prompted Greek police to investigate.

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was discovered in a trash dump in Rennes, France. That same year, ancient bronze statues were found in a garbage dump in Tuscany, Italy.

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a plastic bag among trash bins near the northern city of Thessaloniki. It was a headless, armless statue depicting a female form in a flowing, draped garment.

Police in Greece say a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old has been found abandoned in a garbage bag and handed to archaeologists.

Greece could emerge as a key player in securing Europe’s needs for the rare earth metal gallium, the German newspaper Handelsblatt notes

Ryan Murphy alleged the town used Greece police to intimidate his family, and chilled his right to free speech in the process.

Greece announced a major revamp of the site of Peristeria to highlight the ancient city that flourished more than 35 centuries ago.

The Town of Greece officially has a new animal shelter. Officials held a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning. According to officials, the newly opened Precinct 2 Animal Shelter is the first of its kind,

A new animal shelter has opened in Greece. Town leaders gathered on Wednesday morning for a ribbon cutting outside the Precinct 2 Animal Shelter on Maiden Lane.

Greece, N.Y. — The Town of Greece is celebrating the grand opening of a brand new animal shelter. For years, the town relied on a private kennel, which opted not to renew its lease in March last year, leaving the town without a place to care for dozens of stray and surrendered pets.

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

Greece's current account deficit shrank slightly in November compared to the same month in 2023, helped by robust tourism revenues, the Bank of Greece said on Monday. Central bank data showed the current account deficit was 3.