Rooms and a tunnel from a 1,500 -years-old Christian church in Istanbul — once called…
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After a protracted legal battle spanning 17 years, the Ministry of Culture revealed on Friday…
A 1,500-year-old pair of lady’s sandals adorned with a heartwarming message inscribed in Greek was…
Theophobos (Θεόφοβος), originally Nasir (ناصر), was a Kurdish commander of the Khurramite sect who converted…
Charles has personally selected the musical programme for the ceremony on May, 6, at Westminster…
Turkey and Syria experiencing a nightmare situation after the deadly 7.7 Richter earthquake which, in…
In ancient Greece there was a similar custom of decorating a tree, except that the…
Beneath a 400CE Byzantine church built in Banyan in the Golan Heights of occupied Syria,…
A submerged ancient Greek city has come to light thanks to months of drought which…
New discoveries at a Greco-Roman city perched high above the Sea of Galilee, the Hippos…
A 2,000-year-old ancient building has been discovered in Crete at the remote ancient site of…
The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that…
On 30 September the very spirit of Byzantium will be rekindled in Athens with the…
A Palestinian farmer made an unexpected discovery when he was planting a new olive tree…
Irene Papas chanted the Byzantine hymn “Ti Hypermacho Stratigo” inside Hagia Sophia in Istanbul during…
A 3.50-metre-long marble lintel found during an excavation near the foundations of the Byzantine gate…
The discovery of a 3.50-metre-long marble lintel found during an excavation near the foundations of the…
Walking through the streets of Athens, you come across buildings from bygone eras, great monuments and attractions that take you back in time and invite you to get to know their history, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Ouzo Talk Podcast, Sydney University’s Sir Nicholas Laurantos Chair in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Professor Vrasidas Karalis, explains how Quinn ‘created’ the character of Zorba for the 1964 Michael Cacoyannis film, Zorba the Greek.
Greek museums are once again coming alive in summer with cultural events during the August…