Shanghai hosts groundbreaking exhibit on ancient Greece

The free exhibition Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great is running at the World Expo Museum in Shanghai until Oct 26.

The exhibition is a flagship global cultural project of the Greek government, bringing together the core archaeological discoveries from 14 Greek cultural institutions and museums. Featuring 270 rare artifacts carefully selected from the Neolithic Age to the Hellenistic Period (approx. 6800 BC - 31 BC), the exhibition offers a panoramic presentation of 7,000 years of ancient Greek civilization.