2014年09月22日
rhythms and tranquillity of village life
The discovery, made after two years of digging, was announced during a visit to the site last month by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who described it as "very important".
Since that announcement, Amfipoli and Mesolakkia have been teeming with people, who have disturbed the slow rhythms and tranquillity of village life.周向榮
Women from Mesolakkia waiting for the internet connection. From left to right: Eleni Siropoulou, Eleni Tzimoka, Nikoleta Marti, Despina Papadaki, Koula Tsiarta, Menia Kyriakou. Villagers at the cafe in Mesolakkia say they have been approached with offers to help sell their land
"Journalists and visitors suddenly started pouring in from all over Greece and abroad. We used to walk by the site every day, working the fields. We knew something was there, but we did not expect the magnitude of this discovery," says Athanasios Zournatzis, head of Mesolakkia's community.
A Belgian couple from Liege pass by and tell me they came to visit after reading about the tomb in the newspaper at home.
The discovery has given rise to a wave of Greek pride and patriotism, and has helped the nation put its economic predicament to one side - temporarily at least.康泰
Amfipoli resident Giorgos Bikos believes news of the tomb "has thrown Greeks a lifeline"
Leading daily Kathimerini suggested people were naturally looking for good news amid a "constant barrage of doom and gloom"
Culture Minister Mr Tasoulas says it is a reminder that Greece is the "cradle of an unsurpassed civilisation and a country that deserves, with this unique [cultural] capital and its present-day accomplishments, to claim its return to progress and prosperity"
The residents of Amfipoli and Mesolakkia are hoping this feel-good factor will last long enough to make their villages tourist attractions and give them a much-needed economic boost.周向榮
Since that announcement, Amfipoli and Mesolakkia have been teeming with people, who have disturbed the slow rhythms and tranquillity of village life.周向榮
Women from Mesolakkia waiting for the internet connection. From left to right: Eleni Siropoulou, Eleni Tzimoka, Nikoleta Marti, Despina Papadaki, Koula Tsiarta, Menia Kyriakou. Villagers at the cafe in Mesolakkia say they have been approached with offers to help sell their land
"Journalists and visitors suddenly started pouring in from all over Greece and abroad. We used to walk by the site every day, working the fields. We knew something was there, but we did not expect the magnitude of this discovery," says Athanasios Zournatzis, head of Mesolakkia's community.
A Belgian couple from Liege pass by and tell me they came to visit after reading about the tomb in the newspaper at home.
The discovery has given rise to a wave of Greek pride and patriotism, and has helped the nation put its economic predicament to one side - temporarily at least.康泰
Amfipoli resident Giorgos Bikos believes news of the tomb "has thrown Greeks a lifeline"
Leading daily Kathimerini suggested people were naturally looking for good news amid a "constant barrage of doom and gloom"
Culture Minister Mr Tasoulas says it is a reminder that Greece is the "cradle of an unsurpassed civilisation and a country that deserves, with this unique [cultural] capital and its present-day accomplishments, to claim its return to progress and prosperity"
The residents of Amfipoli and Mesolakkia are hoping this feel-good factor will last long enough to make their villages tourist attractions and give them a much-needed economic boost.周向榮
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