Facebook, one of the greatest social utilities on the Internet, provides people all over the world with the opportunity to communicate, exchange articles, express their opinions and share their ideas. Foundation of the Hellenic World, one of the most important cultural organizations in Greece, establishes its presence on Facebook and invites you to participate. Learn and disseminate activities related to Hellenic history and culture through your everyday involvement on the Internet.

The Foundation of the Hellenic World has undertaken the work of preserving the personal and family memories of Hellenism and presenting them to the future generations of Greeks. Through the personal and family history of every refugee, from Asia Minor, Black Sea, Eastern Thrace or Constantinople, we reconstruct the character of Hellenic presence both within and outside the present day borders.

This project analyses Hellenic prehistory, protohistory and history. To facilitate research and information usage, time has been divided into 15 periods.

The Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World (EHW) is an original electronic work dealing with the collection, recording, documentation, presentation and promotion of the historical data of the presence of Hellenic culture through space and time. The EHW is structured in geographically specified volumes and includes mainly entries from areas that lie outside the borders of the Greek state.

Internet portal dedicated to the history and culture of the Aegean Archipelago from Prehistory until today.

The Digital Virtual Reality Collection “The Ancient Agora of Athens” is an internationally unique project, which visualizes information about the Ancient Agora, the centre of political and cultural life of the Athenian Democracy. This virtual journey from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD becomes for the visitors a journey of discovery, where they can explore the landscape, participate in virtual activities and experience the everyday life of that period.

This publication is a "digital album" with three- dimen-
sional photorealistic reconstructions of the most important buildings of ancient Olympia, which are presented with emphasis on historical accuracy and construction details.

Theatrical happening about the celebration of the twelve years of operation of Hellenic Cosmos, with the leading role played by a a three-dimensional character (avatar) who talked with the actors in real time. At the same time, a tour of ancient Miletus and Priene, at their history and architecture, through the three-dimensional representation of these cities.

The Foundation of the Hellenic World published the book "Ephesus - History and Architecture" with the kind support of the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation. The book is part of a series of publications dedicated to Asia Minor cities of Antiquity. In 2000 a volume has been published regarding Priene.

Third and last part of the series "People and Traditional Professions in the Aegean" which this time focuses on Crete and Skiros. The author traces the development of the traditional professions in these islands and at the same time outlines the changes of the traditional communities in the last three decades of the 20th century. She combines in a unique way written sources, personal narrations and the products of material arts, which constitute valuable first material.

Travel with Jason and Danae and follow the course of Alexander the Great. Travel around the world, see museums and monuments and learn about the cultures that were influenced by the Macedonian king all over the world!

Help Jason and Danae discover more information about the mysterious disap-
pearance of their uncle Pericles. Lead the little robots of the inventor Tryphon Knowall back through time and learn about the admirable culture of ancient Miletus through this magical journey!

Printed album with three-dimensional photorealistic digital reconstructions of the buildings of the Ancient Agora in the Classical Period. It brings to life, with excellent accuracy, one of the most important sites of ancient Hellenic culture and of the Classical world.

Educational children's book which familiarizes children with ancient Olympia, through texts and stickers. The only prerequisite is the creative participation of young readers!

The book "Usak: My Homeland" records the history of Usak, the authorΆs place of origin. This city of Phrygia was near Philadelphia and its Greek and Byzantine name was Timenou Thirai.

A 3D animated recon-
struction of the typical house of Priene based on the research of Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hoepfner. Its subject is to demonstrate the arrangement and the functionality of a residence of the classical period.

A 30-minute documen-
tary entitled, "Miletus... A City in Four Dimensions", which won the 1st prize at the 5th Amiens Festival (Cinquieme Festival du Film d’Archaeologie d’Amiens) in France. The ancient city is brought back to life using three-dimensional representations of the most important public buildings.

The Foundation's exhibition "Meeting at the Ancient Agora" focuses on the values that were born in the Ancient Agora of Athens and shaped contemporary political thought: freedom, justice, education, isonomy, freedom of speech, sociability and participation to common affairs. With natural exhibits and interactive applications of advanced technology, the exhibition brings to life the social, political and intellectual reality of the city of Athens in the period in which the Agora was constructed.

The exhibition deals with the development of mathematics and mathematical thought in the ancient Greek world. Through the use of new technologies (video, digital interactive applications, Virtual Reality exhibits) and the adoption of modern museological conceptions, the exhibition attempts to demonstrate the importance of ancient Greek mathematics for Hellenic and European culture.

The "Tholos" is the Foundation's new dome-shaped Virtual Reality "Theatre" with a capacity of 130 people. It is a building of exceptional architectural design and with unique technological infrastructure, which hosts FHW's digital collections.

The Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW) signed a five-year contract with the Academy of Sciences in Sofia, and more specifically its Archaeological Institute (ΝΑΙΜ-ΒΑS), for carrying out excavation research in the location Halka Bunar in central Bulgaria, in the area where in antiquity lived the Odrysoi Thracians.

The first complete project for the digital recording of the memory of the Greek refugees is already on-line. Hundreds of photographs, documents and interviews illustrate the history of the communities of the refugees in Central Macedonia.

A 75-minute documen-
tary regarding the reminiscences of the last surviving refugees regarding their homeland and exile. The documentary is based on recorded interviews of first generation refugees.

The portal includes all the productions (Internet sites, 3D representations, Virtual Reality, books, CD-ROMs, documentaries) created by the Foundation regarding Asia Minor cities.

A journey into Asia Minor with four half-hour documentaries.Two voices (or two souls) travel in space and time in quest of their roots, passing through approximately 20 cities of Asia Minor, from Assos to Myra, uncovering their history from antiquity to the present day. The documentaries are enriched with 3D representations of monuments.

FHW's Friends Associ-
ation.

All the Foundation's productions, handmade jewelry of well known artists and a large collection of souvenirs, music CDs and books are available at the Museum Shop.