It is said to be the world’s first weather station, to date back more than…
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The head of a statue from Roman times was retrieved from the sea area of…
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Monday expressed confidence that the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church…
The celebrated Greek statesman Pericles is credited with ordering the design and construction of the Parthenon between 447 and 432 BC as a temple for Athena—the goddess of wisdom, arts and literature and war. Still dominating the modern city of Athens, the Parthenon is a magnificent testimony to the glory and renown the city enjoyed throughout antiquity. Pericles had made no idle boast then when he emphatically stated that ‘…we shall be the marvel of the present day and of ages yet to come.
The reconstruction of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World…
2,000 year old ‘Aerides’ Clocktower in Athens It is said to be the world’s first…