The nominations were prepared and submitted by the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.

“The inclusion of these eleven new elements highlights the cultural diversity of Greek communities across our homeland, strengthening collective memory, historical continuity, and cultural sustainability,” stated Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni.

Ten shipwrecks, as well as important individual finds, dating indicatively from prehistory (3000 BC), the Classical period (460 BC), the Hellenistic period (100 BC to 100 AD) and the Roman years (200 BC - 300 AD), the Byzantine period (800 - 900 AD), even findings from the medieval and Ottoman periods, were discovered during the multi-year underwater archaeological survey in the maritime area of Kasos.

A memorandum of cooperation in ten archaeological sites was signed by the Ministry of Culture and the Hellenic Red Cross.