Mandrocles: The ancient Greek engineer who built a bridge across the Bosporus connecting 600 ships
Tag: Byzantium
Byzantium has been, amongst many things, an inspiration to one of the world’s most…
The oldest Armenian coins found in Armenia date back to the 6th-5th centuries BC. As…
On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital…
Theophobos (Θεόφοβος), originally Nasir (ناصر), was a Kurdish commander of the Khurramite sect who converted…
In ancient Greece there was a similar custom of decorating a tree, except that the…
The discovery of a 3.50-metre-long marble lintel found during an excavation near the foundations of the…
On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital…
On December 1, as on the first day of every month, people flocked in droves to the wish-granting Greek Orthodox church ‘Ayin Biri Kilisesi’ in Constantinople to make wishes, in the hope that they will come true.
The Academy of Athens and the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad & Public Diplomacy of…
Palaiologue is the new slow-fashion clothing brand created by Greek-American, Vicky Hioureas. Her first collection…
On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital…
Second generation Greek Australian Billy Cotsis, has written a number of books including the acclaimed Many Faces of Hellenic Culture, Once upon a time in Crystal Palace and From Pyrrhus to Cyprus. Recently, he has added one more to his publishing list- 1453: Constantinople & the Immortal Rulers or there are no dogs here.
This Saturday, January 25th 2020, the first state youth conference organised by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese…
Greece’s President Prokopis Pavlopoulos honoured Professor Macleod Beaton, Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History…
Australia’s first recording of hymns and psalms from the Greek Orthodox ecclesiastic tradition in Byzantine…
Due for a relaunch this year, Australia’s first ever recording of one of the world’s…
