In ancient Greece there was a similar custom of decorating a tree, except that the…
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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…
At one of the busiest spots of Athens, at Monastiraki square is one of the oldest…
In Paros’ capital of Parikia, there is the holy church of Panagia Ekatontapiliani, also referred…
Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk has baffled and intrigued many online Turkish media outlets…
On your way up to the slopes of Mt. Parnassos and the archaeological site of…
Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial…
Although the origin of the fork may go back to Ancient Greece, its use in…