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Nemean Games’ Revival To Become Modern-Day Tradition (Trailer)
The Nemean Games, Panhellenic festivals that were celebrated by the ancient Greeks as part of the cycle of games at Delphi, Isthmia, and Olympia, will be revived for the sixth time from June 10 through...
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5 Ancient Greek Discoveries that Shaped Our Modern World
Illustration of Archimedes in the bath. If you are wondering exactly what were the contributions of Ancient Greece to our modern world, here is just a small sample of the top inventions and discoveries...
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Scientific Paper Proves That Minoan Civilization Originated in Europe
“The first advanced Bronze Age civilization of Europe was established by the Minoans about 5,000 years before present,” the new article, entitled “A European population in Minoan Bronze Age Crete,”...
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Warrior Tomb Treasure Intact for 3,500 Years Unearthed in Greece
Archaeologists in Greece have unearthed an intact Bronze Age warrior’s tomb, dating back 3,500 years, which is filled with more than 1,400 objects, including jewelry, weapons, bronze, silver and gold...
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The October 28, 1940 ‘OXI’: Brave Words by Brave Men
Few great moments of Greece’s history are so well documented as the defiant “OXI” Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas told the Italian Ambassador in Athens Emanuele Grazzi at three o’clock in the morning of...
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OXI Day: The Greek Word That Changed the Course of WWII Keeps Shaping Greece
By George Beres As Hitler learned Greeks can be stubborn against all odds. OXI, the word, NO, in Greek, may sound like a negative, but it has become the most positive word in the language. It suggests...
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‘Colossus of Rhodes Project’ to Revive One of Ancient World’s 7 Wonders
Young professionals from Greece, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom have been inspired to take up the ambitious “Colossus of Rhodes Project,” aiming to revive one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient...
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22 Shipwrecks Discovered in Greek Archipelago
Source: News.Discovery.com The Fourni Archipelago in the North Aegean Sea in Greece is the site of an archaeological underwater discovery that yielded findings from 22 different shipwrecks that took...
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Greek Education Minister Rejects Pontic Genocide; Causes Uproar
Greece’s Education Minister Nikos Filis rejected the notion that the slaughter of Pontian Greeks by the Turks was a genocide. The leftist minister appeared on Star television late on Monday night in an...
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Opposition Parties Ask for Greek Education Minister’s Resignation
Greece’s Education Minister Nikos Filis is under relentless fire by opposition MPs and the whole Pontic population after expressing the opinion that the slaughtering of 350,000 Pontian Greeks by the...
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Greece’s Government Shows Blatant Disrespect to Pontian Greeks
The “I am more leftist than thou” game between Greek cabinet members continues as new Education Minister Nikos Filis tries to outdo his predecessor in refusing the importance of the Pontic Genocide....
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The Complete (Greek) Guide to Travel in Istanbul
Greek influence in many parts of modern day Turkey goes as far back as the Byzantine Empire (330 AD – 1453) and Constantinople was the capital, which the Ottomans renamed Istanbul. Although, the...
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Greece Celebrates Anniversary of November 17, 1973 Student Uprising Against...
On the 42nd anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against the colonels’ dictatorship, a cold chill embraces Athens in light of the bloody terrorist attack in Paris. This year Athenians...
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20 Famous Quotes by Aristotle Onassis
The Greek mogul Aristotle Onassis was born on the 15th of January 1906. Born into a rather wealthy family in Izmir (or as was then known Smyrna), Onassis later grew to become the wealthiest and most...
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Some Greeks Turn to Elder Paisios’ Prophecies on Russia-Turkey Conflict
The tension that was created after the shooting down of a Russian jet fighter by Turkish warplanes has led several Greeks to refer to Elder Paisios‘ prophecies about war between Russia and Turkey. The...
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Greek PM Visits Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem
Source: protohema.gr Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday visited the museum of the Holocaust and paid tribute to the victims of the Nazis. “We are in a place of particular historical symbolism....
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Elephants Roamed Paleolothic-Era Greece
Researchers uncovered a Paleolithic elephant butchering site in Greece, near the modern-day city of Megalopolis. The ancient site was found at an archaeological site known as Marathousa 1, and it was...
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Greece Will Not Further Pursue the Return of Parthenon Marbles
Culture Minister Aristides Baltas decided that Athens will no longer claim the return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum in fear that Greece might lose the legal battle. Speaking to...
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UN Resolution Calls for Return of Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of the return of the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum to Athens, a little after Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas stated that...
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Archaeologist Claims to Have Unlocked Phaistos Disk Mystery
The goddess of love, the Minoan Astarte, is the key figure that unlocks the mystery of the Phaistos Disk, according to linguist, archaeologist and coordinator of the program Erasmus of Crete...
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