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How The Greeks Knew That The Earth Was Round 2,500 Years Ago
It wasn’t until the mid-20th century that we managed to launch satellites into space and determine the exact kilometers of the circumference of the Earth: 40,030 kilometers. But how could an Ancient...
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Turkey’s Kristallnacht: When Greeks Were Targeted at the Istanbul Pogrom...
On September 6 1955 the Polites, short for Konstantinoupolites, namely the Greeks of Istanbul, were targeted in a violent pogrom carefully fabricated by the Turkish Security Service. In what had been...
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Newly Restored Rotunda is One of Thessaloniki’s Oldest Religious Sites
Severely damaged by the 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake, the newly restored Rotunda is one of the city’s oldest religious sites and a tourist landmark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Given back to the...
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Flashback to the First Reported Hijacking in Greece (Video)
During the Civil War, on September 12th 1948, the first reported hijacking in Greece occurred when 6 pro-communist students, who wanted passage to Yugoslavia, hijacked a plane which was travelling...
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96 Years Since the Catastrophe of Smyrna (Photos and Video)
Today marks 96 years since the Catastrophe of Smyrna, modern-day Izmir in the Turkish coast on the Aegean sea. It was a cataclysmic event of great importance for the modern Greek history that shaped...
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What an Ancient Greek Wrestler Taught Us About Building Strength
Nearly 2,500 years ago, a Greek man, Milo of Croton, a man of incredible strength and athleticism, taught us the three basic principles of building muscle: Start very light, don’t miss workouts,...
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Greece’s Kalamata Remembers Deadly 1986 Earthquake (Photos, Video)
Residents of Greece’s Kalamata on Thursday marked the 32nd anniversary of the deadly earthquake that flattened parts of the city and claimed the lives of dozens of people in solemn ceremony at the...
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How a Shipwreck Transformed a Pristine Beach in Greece’s Zakynthos (video)
It is perhaps the most photographed ship wreck in the world. Lying on a sandy beach in the north-western coast of Zakynthos since October 1980, the “Panagiotis” wreck is visited by millions of...
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Athens Railway Turns 150: Flashback to When History Was Made (Photos)
The Piraeus-Kifissia Electric Railway, known to most as the “Ilektrikos” has been in operation for almost 150 years, during which time it has significantly transformed the world of transportation for...
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September 18, 1834: Athens Becomes the Capital of Greece
When Athens was officially declared the capital of the newly established Greek State on September 18, 1834, it was a small village of 7,000 residents living around the Acropolis Hill. Following the...
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Philoxenia: The Ancient Roots of Greek Hospitality
The Greek word Philoxenia, literally translated as a “friend to a stranger”, is widely perceived to be synonymous to hospitality. For Greeks it is much deeper than that. It is an unspoken cultural law...
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The Unknown Story behind a Building on Top of the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Athens in 1833 by Johann Michael Wittmer. Dr. Paul Cooper is an author from England. While studying about ancient monuments and how they have changed over the years for his PhD thesis, he came across...
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10 Women Who Shaped Modern Greece
Women have always played a crucial role in Greece’s history, even from antiquity. But what about modern Greece? Let’s meet 10 of the most influential women that shaped modern-day Greece. Laskarina...
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Flashback to 1897, the Day Athenians Came Across the First Car
To mark World Car Free Day last Saturday, many Athenians went by foot, bicycles and public transport to the Archaeological Museum to admire some “ancient” cars that were on display, as a reminder of...
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‘The Greeks’: National Geographic on the People Who Changed the World (video)
National Geographic released a documentary series on how Greeks changed the world, highlighting how much one nation has given to the rest of the globe. “On the culture that brought us democracy, the...
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Deadly ‘Samina’ Sinking Haunts Greece 18 Years Later
Express Samina was a French-built passenger ferry boat. It was built in 1966 and during its 34 years of service changed many owners as well as routes in the Mediterranean Sea. It was September 26, 2000...
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September 27 Marks the Killing of Greece’s First Governor Kapodistrias
On September 27, 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Governor of Greece after the Ottoman occupation, was assassinated in Nafplio. His killing robbed the country from the chance to become a modern...
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Ancient Greece: Growing up in Athens and Sparta
Despite the fact that they shared the same heritage and language, ancient Spartans and ancient Athenians were very different, and the two city-states were not on the friendliest of terms. The Spartans...
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How the One-Piece Swimsuit Played a Role in ‘Freeing’ Greek Women
Women’s Swimwear in Athens’ Glyfada suburb, 1935. It is hard to imagine that just over 100 years ago, a woman would find herself being arrested for simply wearing a one-piece bathing suit at the beach...
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When Greek Police Could Arrest Young Men for Being ‘Teddy Boys’
Greece’s post-war years were marked by poverty, political turmoil that led to the seven-year dictatorship, and the struggle of young Greeks to follow the trends of European and American youths. At the...
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