Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning new fresco depicting Helen of Troy in the ancient Roman…
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A multi-year underwater exploration near the Greek island of Kasos has unearthed a treasure trove…
While Julius Caesar’s name is synonymous with power and influence, the Roman emperor wasn’t an…
In 2017, Egypt unveiled over 40 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era at a…
Alexandria, nestled along the Mediterranean’s embrace, whispers tales of a glorious past. Founded by Alexander…
The enigmatic inscription on a bronze sphinx statue, unearthed in the early 19th century, has…
Spectators return to the Ancient Theatre of Larissa after 22 centuries.
Spectators return to the Ancient Theatre of Larissa after 22 centuries.
A remarkable discovery in Turkey has unveiled a marble head of Alexander the Great, the renowned ancient ruler, with a distinctive lion’s mane hairstyle.
Spanish archaeologists in the La Huerta de Otero Archaeological Zone, on the western side of…
On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn…
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…
With a name that literally means ‘City of Victory’, one can only imagine the history that has been created in such a place as the city of Nikopolis in Preveza, in the region of Epirus, Greece. Covering an area of 900 hectares (approximately 14,000 acres), Nikopolis was the largest ancient city in Greece.
Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk has baffled and intrigued many online Turkish media outlets…
On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn…
Greeks are everywhere! Anyone who has travelled to Sicily has most likely seen, on flags, ceramics and souvenirs, a strange-looking representation of a female head with three legs attached to it, flexed to form a triangle. Read about how the Italians drew from Greek history to create the Sicilian flag.
New research into a little-known text written in ancient Greek shows that ‘stressed poetry’, the…
Constantine was born around the year 272 AD in the city Naissus. The city was…
On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn…
