Turkish media devote entire reports and front pages, arguing that “kokoretsi is Turkish”. As the…
HISTORY
In Scandinavia and the Aegean during the Bronze Age there is evidence of the hairstyles…
In the early 1990s, the White Tower, located in the capital city of the Greek…
Chania is by far one of the most beautiful cities in Greece, and given its…
The Metropolitan Museum of New York is holding a revealing exhibition into Ancient Greek and…
It is estimated that only 7% – 8% of stolen art and artifacts are returned,…
Born in London to a Greek mother and raised in Greece, actor Nathan Thomas plays the character of Eddie Whittall in the movie Smyrna My Beloved (2021), a movie about one of the most horrific tragedies that occurred in recent Greek history – the 1922 burning and destruction of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir). Read our exclusive interview.
Cyprus’ Department of Antiquities announced the repatriation on an Icon depicting Jesus sitting on a…
Boris Johnson, Britain’s eccentric former Prime Minister is seldom, if ever, brought up in relation…
Does the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, secretly endorse the return of the Parthenon Sculptures…
Makronissos is an island in the Aegean Sea, notorious for being a political prison from…
For six centuries, the body of Alexander the Great lay in a monumental tomb in…
“combined meticulous research with cautious conservation, resulting in a high-quality restoration project,”
Stavros Spyros Niarchos, a billionaire Greek shipping tycoon who spent much of his life battling…
Hercules had to complete 12 heroic labours to be absolved of guilt and to become…
During the 2nd Balkan War (1913), the town of Doxato, just south-east of Drama in…
How Turkey is Islamizing its former Christian colonies after an unequal partition while claiming secular…
Empress Theodora is referred to as the most powerful woman in Byzantine history. Empress Theodora…
Greek City Times is proud to present a weekly historical snapshot from the archives of…
Life is imitating art in the United States, Greek art to be precise, as many…