Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire in c. 672. Used…
HISTORY
He discovered the Minoan palace of Zakros on Crete. Nikolaos was born on the island…
In 2012, the year that naysayers (and the Mayans) predicted the world would come to…
JERUSALEM -One of the Israel Museum’s biggest supporters, American billionaire Michael Steinhardt, approached the flagship…
BVLGARI is a world leading luxury brand known for its fine jewellery, watches, fragrances, accessories…
Although conventional archaeology claims that writing was not invented until 3000 to 4000 BC in…
Just a few days after the transfer of ten Parthenon fragments from the National Archaeological…
The Hellenic Navy, led by the Georgios Averof battleship, defeated the second and last attempt…
The Yo-Yo is believed to have originated from a Chinese toy known as the Diabolo,…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis renewed his appeal to the British government for the return…
Greek City Times is proud to present a weekly historical snapshot from the archives of…
Greek City Times is proud to present a weekly historical snapshot from the archives of…
Most world (coin) currencies including those of the ancient world are typically round in shape,…
DO YOU KNOW THE LONG HISTORY OF THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT CITY OF GREECE, THESSALONIKI…
An important find came to light on December 16, at the agora of ancient Epidaurus…
Unknown to many people, the first mention of the famous Feta cheese is seemingly as…
Santorini, the island renowned for its sublime natural beauty, is also known by many names…
Whenever we think about hyperinflation, our mind immediately goes to Germany’s Weimar Republic in the…
Archeologists in the western coast of modern day Turkey (ancient Greek Ionia) have discovered the…
Grigorios Sahinidis is a taxi driver that made over 4.6 million kilometres with the same…