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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-08
CONTENTS
[01] Studies show Knossos three times larger than previous estimate
[02] Greek police, Frontex to begin ID checks of NGOs, vols on Aegean
islands
[01] Studies show Knossos three times larger than previous estimate
Recent fieldwork at the ancient site of Knossos on the island of Crete
apparently shows that during the early Iron Age (1100 to 600 BC), the
settlement was rich in imports and was nearly three times larger than
what was believed from earlier excavations, according to researchers
from the University of Cincinnati.
The discovery suggests that not only did this spectacular Greek Bronze
Age city (between 3500 and 1100 BC) recover from the collapse of the
socio-political system on the islands around 1200 BC, but also rapidly
grew and thrived as a cosmopolitan hub of the Aegean and Mediterranean
regions.
Antonis Kotsonas, a University of Cincinnati assistant professor of
classics, will highlight his field research with the Knossos Urban
Landscape Project at the 117th annual meeting of the Archaeological
Institute of America and Society for Classical Studies. The meeting will
take place on January 7-10 in San Francisco.
[02] Greek police, Frontex to begin ID checks of NGOs, vols on Aegean
islands
Greek Police on Friday announced the launch, in collaboration with the
EU border agency Frontex, of round-the-clock ID checks of volunteers
and members of non-governmental organisations currently operating on
various eastern Aegean islands as part of efforts to assist Middle
Eastern refugees landing on the isles after leaving Turkey.
"It is not our intention to offend the volunteers or the NGO staff and
their work, but only to stress the presence of the police along the
coast and at the points where migrants and refugees generally arrive,"
a senior police officer told the ANA-MPA.
The source said the police operation chiefly aimed to identify individuals
who posed as volunteers in order to steal the belongings of the third
country nationals, or make off with the boats and outboard motors they
arrived in.
He said that volunteers working on the coast will be asked to produce
a police ID card and to name the organisation they are with, at which
point police officers will check to see if the specific NGO is accredited.
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