EUREKA. SCIENCE, ART AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS

EUREKA. SCIENCE, ART AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS

NOVEMBER 3, 2017-MARCH 7, 2018

Under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs/General Secretariat for Research & Technology, the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hellenic Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Shipping 

The exhibition "EUREKA, Science, Art and Technology of the Ancient Greeks", is organized by the Museum Herakleidon in collaboration with the Association of Ancient Greek Technology Studies (AAGTS) and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports."EUREKA"'s scientific consultant is Mr. Theodosis P. Tasios, professor emeritus of the National Technical University of Athens, President of AAGTS. The exhibition "EUREKA" will present for the first time at the CMST in Beijing the most representative of the ancient Greek technological accomplishments in areas such as shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, communications,building, the arts, and others, through original models and visual materials. Significant among the exhibits will be the operational reproduction of the Antikythera Mechanism, at triple the size of the original, made of plexiglass, bronze and aluminum, which will be constructed specifically for the Museum Herakleidon, in collaboration with the research team of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the scientific counsel of professors Dr. Kyriakos Efstathios and Dr. John Seiradakis. Furthermore, the exhibition will include two reproductions of historical ancient Greek shipwrecks, courtesy of the Museum of Navigation and Marine Arts of the Aegean and the Municipality of Samos.