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Prince Philip’s Mother Alice and Her Life of Philanthropy in Greece
The ongoing Netflix series “The Crown” has brought to light a little-known member of the British royal family, Princess Alice of Battenberg, who lived a tumultuous life of tragedy but also of great...
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Ernst Ziller, The Architect Who Designed Modern Athens
German architect Ernst Ziller, who later acquired Greek citizenship as Ερνέστος Τσίλλερ, left his own eternal, and magnificent, imprint on Athens and other Greek cities by designing some of their most...
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Magnificent Icon Believed to Be Early El Greco Discovered on Crete
A religious icon believed to be an early work of master painter El Greco, born Domenikos Theotokopoulos, one of the most-renowned artists in the entire history of Western art, was recently discovered...
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Giorgos Seferis: The First Greek Poet to Be Awarded the Nobel Prize
On December 10, 1963, Greek diplomat and poet Giorgos Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by King Gustav of Sweden. Seferis was the first Greek to receive the esteemed award. Seferis’...
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Greek Man Wants to Honor the Memory of Pontians in Arctic Adventure
Christos Vasileiadis. Photo from his personal Facebook page. Adventurer Christos Vasileiadis is a Greek man who not only loves taking on challenges in the snow. He is a man with deep respect for his...
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Mystery on Mount Athos: Woman’s Bones Discovered in Monastery
The Pantokratoras Monastery on Mount Athos A group of scientists announced on Sunday in Thessaloniki that they had discovered bones “most certainly” belonging to a woman who was buried centuries ago at...
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How Did Bronze Age Greeks Know About Asian Monkeys?
Scientists have debated for years over why Bronze Age wall paintings at the ancient settlement of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini depict monkeys who originated from thousands of miles away...
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Kalavryta: The Bloodiest Nazi Massacre in Greece (video)
December 13, 1943 marks the date of the worst atrocity committed in Greece by the Nazi occupying forces, as more than 500 innocent civilians were executed, and the entire town of Kalavryta was burned...
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A Century Later World Finally Awakens to the Ottoman Genocide of Christians
By Michael Goodyear* In the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman government under the Committee of Union and Progress (“CUP”) orchestrated massacres of its Christian minorities, resulting in...
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Christmas in Athens in All Its Vintage Glory
Nostalgia may be a way to avoid thinking about the challenges of the modern world, and yes, perhaps the glorification of the past is as false as some of our memories — but when images of Christmases...
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Can Greece Push for Repatriation of Parthenon Marbles after Brexit?
As Britain leaves the European Union, it is taking with it one of its members’ most invaluable cultural treasures. It is likely now that the issue of the repatriation of the Parthenon sculptures will...
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Evzone Featured in Iconic Photo in Historic LIFE Magazine 79 Years Ago
It was mid-December 1940, approximately fifty days after the outbreak of the Greco-Italian war, when the American magazine ”LIFE” featured a Greek Evzone on its cover. At that time, ”LIFE” magazine was...
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The Benizelos Mansion: The Oldest Athenian House Which is Now a Museum
For centuries Athens has been home to spectacular monuments that date all the way back to the peak of Ancient Greek civilization. The Parthenon, as well as tens of other ancient monuments, can be seen...
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Sculptor Paul Vrellis and His Wax Museum of Greek History
Learning the story of sculptor Paul Vrellis and visiting the fascinating wax museum of Greek history he single-handedly built at the village of Bizani, one wonders why this great Greek has not been...
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The United States of the Ionian Islands: The Forgotten History of British...
The flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands, used from 1815 to 1864 What is widely known about the history of Greece’s splendid Ionian islands is that they never had to endure direct Ottoman...
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The Unimaginable Bravery of the Men Who Saved the Greek Jews of Zakynthos
Mayor Loukas Kerrer and Bishop Chrysostomos of Zakynthos The Greek island of Zakynthos, also known as Zante, is famous all across the world for its splendid natural beauty and the incomparable...
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The Holocaust of Greek Jews
Once thriving communities in several Greek cities, about 59,000 Greek Jews were victims of the Holocaust or 83 percent of the total number living in Greece at the time of World War II and the German...
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The Greek Jew Who Turned Torturer, Executioner Working for the Nazis
Jewish youth enjoying a sailboat ride in Salonika harbor, 1929. Photo from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum By Sarah Abrevaya Stein* I learned a lesson when conducting research for my recently...
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The Forgotten Day Greece Chose the Aegean Islands Over Northern Epirus
Picture of the official declaration of Northern Epirote Independence in Gjirokastër (Argyrokastro) in March 1, 1914. February 1, 1914 was a historic day for the fate of the Greek communities of...
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Pericles: The First Great Statesman of the Ancient World
Pericles had some rather advanced ideas about politics. PabloEscudero, CC BY-SA Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, Pericles must be the father of democracy. By any measure, he was...
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