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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KORINTHOS – A rare find of a head of a kouros, the characteristic male statues of the 6th century BC, was confiscated by the Attica Security Police’s division of cultural heritage and antiquities, it was announced on Tuesday.
The over-life-size head, measuring 40 cm in height and preserving a section of the statue’s neck, is made of limestone and appears to be the product of a rural workshop, archaeologists said.
A man, 49, was arrested for illegal possession of the head in Nemea, southern Greece, on Monday. According to official sources, the man was trying to sell the artifact for 500,000 euros and had hidden it among a pile of rocks on a farm road.
He was entrapped and arrested, and the kouros shown to the Ministry of Culture, which confirmed it falls under legislation for the protection of antiquities.
The man appeared before the Corinth prosecutor on Tuesday.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it.
ATHENS, Greece — A far-right Greek lawmaker has been charged with criminal assault for allegedly punching a colleague on the sidelines of a parliamentary debate Wednesday.
BROOKLYN, NY – From Greece to Miami to Brooklyn, Meraki Greek Bistro is now open in Williamsburg at 252 Grand Street.
SANTORINI – The prestigious sports event of Santorini, Santorini Experience, which highlights one of the top tourist destinations in the world through sports activities, will be held for the 7th year from October 3-6.
ATHENS – The distinguished Greek-American scientist Nikos Kyrpides, biologist, researcher, head of the Prokaryotic Genomics Program at the Joint Genome Institute of the U.