It was a colossal statue of the sun god Helios that stood in the Greek…
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Figs have been popular in the Mediterranean since ancient times; reported to have been first…
The Temple of Zeus Lepsynos, which was built in the 2nd century B.C., is being…
Ancient Greek philosophy opened the doors to a particular way of thinking that provided the…
French fashion house Dior dazzled in the Kallimarmaro Stadium last night with a fashion parade…
The northern gate of the Ancient Greek city of Stratonikeia was restored by archaeologists and…
The huge contribution women played in the Greek War of Independence, is reflected in the selection of…
Earlier this week, Fox announced that they are developing a television show the network describes as…
Geochemical evidence of an Ancient tooth reveals that armies in the Battles of Himera were…
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is referred to as the founder of the…
Protomagia, or May Day, has its roots in ancient Greece, celebrating Spring and nature’s rebirth with a flower festival.
On the occasion of Philhellenism and International Solidarity Day, the president of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday awarded three distinguished American archaeologists for their contribution to the study and promotion of Greek culture and civilisation.
Portes Magazine An inverse of the black figure style preceding it in the history of…
Professor Thanos Veremis will give an online lecture entitled ‘1821 Birth of a Nation State’, on Thursday 15 April 2021, at 7.00pm, as a…
On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn…
Emeritus Professor Paul Cartledge will present an online lecture entitled The Forgotten City of Thebes,…
Heavy rainfall in southern Greece has led to the discovery of a bronze bull figurine…
According to reports by the Geological Society of Greece, there are more than 8,500 caves scattered all throughout Greece. Here is a list of some of the most beautiful and mysterious Greek caves, which have been recognised worldwide for their geological importance.
Stunned researchers discover that, in addition to accurately tracing the movement of the sun, moon and predicting when eclipses would occur, the Antikythera Mechanism created by the Ancient Greeks around 100-200BC also tracked the movements of Venus and Saturn. “Our work reveals the Antikythera Mechanism as a beautiful conception, translated by superb engineering into a device of genius,” the study concludes about the creation considered to be the world’s first computer.
Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni has responded to statements made by Prime Minister of the UK Boris Johnson in an interview in which he claims that that the 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures are “legally owned by the British Museum’s Trustees.”