Archaeological Society of Athens  The Archaeological Society of Athens (Greek: Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία) is an independent learned society. Also termed the Greek Archaeological Society, it was founded in 1837, just a few years after the establishment of the modern Greek State, with the aim of encouraging archaeological excavations, maintenance, care and exhibition of antiquities in Greece. Semni Karouzou, ceramics specialist and curator at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens: Vice-President, 1975-77