A mobile phone or tablet can now be used to tour the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. Τhe Museum of Cycladic Art is dedicated to the study and promotion of ancient…
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Archaeologists have uncovered more than 3,500 objects in a Bronze Age warrior’s tomb in southwestern Greece. The excavation sponsored by the University of Cincinnati and led by husband-and-wife archaeologists Jack Davis and…
On September 23rd, 1821, the rebellious Greeks won a significant victory against the Turks, which led the way to the final liberation of Greece from the Ottomans. The siege and the fall…
The Battle of Salamis was one of the final battles in the second war between the Persian Empire led by King Xerxes and an alliance of Greek city-states. Salamis is an island…
It was September 18, 1834, when by decree of Otto’s regency, Athens was declared the capital of the young Greek state. The title of capital was claimed by other cities such as…
On September 13, 1922, Turkish soldiers at the end of the three-year-long Greco-Turkish War lit fire to Smyrna’s Greek and Armenian quarters and went on a rampage of rape, pillage, and mass…
On this day, 9th September, in 1922, at around 11am, Turkish cavalry rode into Smyrna entering the city from the north and riding southward along the Quay. At the time there were…
A devastating earthquake hit Athens on September 7, 1999, leaving 143 people dead, 2,000 injured and 70,000 buildings damaged. The 1999 Athens earthquake occurred at 2:56pm near Mount Parnitha and lasted approximately…
Berlin’s persistent attempt to prevent effective sanctions against Turkey (due to its refusal to withdraw the Oruç Reis research vessel from Greece’s continental shelf) brings back to the fore the timeless geopolitical…
The first confirmed Greeks to step foot on Australian soil were a group of seven sailors from Hydra who were transported to New South Wales to serve a sentence for piracy that was…
Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος) was probably the most prominent politician in Greece’s Modern History. Born on the 23rd of August 1864 in Chania, Crete he was the fifth child of Kyriakou Venizelou…
The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC, was a battle in the second Persian invasion of Greece. The battle was fought for over three days, at the same time as the naval Battle…
On August 14th 1996, Solomos Solomou, cousin of Tassos Isaac, was shot dead by a Turkish soldier while climbing a flagpole to remove the Turkish flag from its mast in the United…
A spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has shown once again why Turkey remains an extremely unscientific country with the second lowest IQ on the European continent and its surrounds, according to…
On July 29, 1982 Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the World Conference on Cultural Policies, organised by UNESCO in Mexico, telling the world the Parthenon Marbles must be returned home…
“It can not act undisturbed,” Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis noted in his message on the anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. “While we mourn today, some are provocatively celebrating. They…
Manolis Bikakis – a Cretan-born hero of Cyprus. His story is not well known, but one thing is for sure, everyone who reads about him will feel that he justly deserves a…
“This year, on the sad anniversary of the 20th of July, we are facing an unprecedentedly escalating Turkish aggression, which is manifesting itself throughout the Eastern Mediterranean region,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said…
A giant banner printed with the words “July 20 1974-Δεν ξεχνώ” was unfurled at Thessaloniki City Hall over the weekend, on the occasion of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The unfurling of…
On July 20, 1974, at 5:20am, 40,000 Turkish troops landed and invaded northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, failed to reach a solution. The Turkish troops under the…