The excavation works carried out at Saraçhane Archaeology Park in Istanbul has revealed a new…
HISTORY
Rooms and a tunnel from a 1,500 -years-old Christian church in Istanbul — once called…
Archaeologists from the University of Göttingen in Thorikos, Greece, have discovered the earliest Iron Age…
If you’ve ever been on a ferry pulling into Hydra’s charming port, you will know that Polly Sampson’s words from “A Theatre for Dreamers” come alive as you witness the sweeping panorama of Hydra’s amphitheatre like setting and you immediately understand why the island serves as the backdrop for dreamers and creatives.
On June 2, 1941, a brutal massacre took place in the village of Kondomari, 18km…
Deep in the mesmerising region of Megalopolis, Southern Greece, an extraordinary archaeological discovery has rewritten the history of ancient Greek civilisation. Recently unearthed stone tools have pushed back the dawn of Greek archaeology by a staggering quarter million years, revealing a fascinating glimpse into the lives of our hominin ancestors.
An analysis of silver bracelets show Egypt and Greece were involved in trade much earlier than previously thought.
Silver belonging to Queen Hetepheres, the mother of King Khufu, was sourced from the Aegean Islands.
A major international conference on war reparations from Germany will be held in Athens in…
On this day in 1913, the Balkan League, consisting of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro,…
From the village of Dimitsana, Arcadia in the Peloponnese, Metropolitan Germanos of Patras (1771 -…
An act of bravery by two university students has been acknowledged as one of the first acts of resistance against the Nazis in Europe and the first in Greece, inspiring not only Greeks, but all subjected people, to resist against the occupation.
Three 1850-year-old stone ossuaries were retrieved to prevent antiquity looting near Kafr Kanna in Galilee,…
The Fall of Constantinople occurred on May 29, 1453, after a siege that began on…
Artistic expression is very common in religion; perhaps because art and religion have been cardinal…
The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek…
Constantine is famous for founding the city of Constantinople (present day Istanbul) originally known as…
At the beginning of 1825, the Greek Revolution was in great danger, not only by…
About 2,500 Greek Australians served in the Australian Defence Forces during World War Two, including 35 women who served in various roles at home and abroad. ey served in Greece/ Crete, Tobruk, El Alemein, Egypt, Palestine, New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand and other parts of the Asia Pacific region.
After a protracted legal battle spanning 17 years, the Ministry of Culture revealed on Friday…
Argos is acquiring two new museums, highlighting the region’s rich cultural heritage and long history.…