Three buildings, particularly interesting archaeological findings, were brought to light by the ongoing excavation of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Lesbos in the castle of Agioi Theodoros, identified with Ancient Antissa, in western Lesbos. In particular, an arched building from the 7th century BC,
The fossils of one of the largest turtles that ever lived in the lakes and rivers of the Earth and was the size of a car, were discovered by paleontologists in South America. It is Stupendemys that lived seven to 12 million years ago and was three to four meters long, while weighing around 1.25 to
We entered the final stretch for the delivery of Omonia Square, which last year has been fenced off and is not accessible to citizens. The intention is to remind one of its old form with the fountain, with the crossing for pedestrians that connects the University and Agios Konstantinos to remain. T
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the liberation of the people of Ioannina with the President of the Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, attending the celebrations. The passages described in the book of G.Marantis:The Cretans in the Struggle remained unknown for years regarding the contribution of
An emblematic text, widely read, which influenced as little as any in the history of the worlds secretariat. One of the most widely read books in the world, along with the Bible, the Koran and Maos Red Book, which was hugely influential in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Communist Manifesto was pub
In the year 2020, there is, at least for most, no doubt about how cowardly but at the same time dangerous the Junta of the Colonels (1967-1974) proved to be for the country. However, the research done by News24/7 in the records of the minutes of the Legislative Advisory Committee in the library o
On February 26, 1986, Amalia Fleming passed away. Doctor, wife of the Nobel laureate microbiologist-inventor of penicillin - Alexander Fleming, politician and fighter with intense anti-dictatorship activity. She was born in Istanbul on June 28, 1912 and was the daughter of the citys well-known derm
February 29, which Google honors with todays doodle, is considered a special day, as it is only added to our calendar every four years. The time that includes such a day, such as today (February 29, 2020), is called a leap year and its history goes back a long way. What is a leap year Leap year is
Martis or Martia is an ancient custom, with a Balkan diaspora. It is believed to have its roots in Ancient Greece, specifically in the Eleusinian Mysteries, where the mystics tied a thread, the Kroki, on their right hand and left foot, as the folklorist Nikolaos Politis observes. According to custo
After many decades, we have re-accessed the Screen Tests shot from early 1964 to 1966 by Andy Warhol, which in a sense can be considered a precursor to the age of social media:they highlight the possibility of turning ordinary people into celebrities , presenting their faces and personalities on fil
The bloody incidents that happened on March 6, 1910 in Thessaly are part of the long history of the agricultural issue in our country. Although they took place mainly in Larissa, they took their name from the village of Kileler (today Kypseli), from which the trigger was given. This anniversary is c
The Dodecanese Islands (actually there are 14) were from ancient times tied to the fortunes of Hellenism. However, it was not until 1947 that they were integrated into the Greek state. Due to their geographical position they received devastating raids by the Persians, the Saracens, the Venetians, t
The mythical and much talked about sinkhole of Ancient Sparta Caida actually exists! A place so mythical and that so much has been written about it and its use by the Ancient Spartans, that most believe it does not exist. And yet, Kaiadas exists and is located in the village of Trypi in Laconia, a f
In the days of the quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, obviously the historical walks organized by Meneleos Charalambidis cannot continue. The well-known historian, however, continues his actions with the help of technology, offering us at this juncture the opportunity to enrich o
April Fools Day today, a day when it is customary to tell well-intentioned lies due to custom. The story goes that April Fools lies are a custom that has come to us from Europe. There are various versions about the place and time this custom was born. Two of them, however, are the most prevalent.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about significant changes in the daily life of the planet. Humanity is experiencing unprecedented situations, counting thousands of dead, while health organizations are on constant vigilance. Governments around the world are imposing strict measures to delay, a
Kopaida is a plain of Boeotia which was created after the drying up of the homonymous lake during the period 1880-1930. It is located in the north of the prefecture and is surrounded by the mountains Heliconas to the west, Ptoos to the east, Chlomos to the north and by smaller heights to the south
A new research by a Greek anthropologist of the diaspora, which took place in Paliokastro on the island of Thassos, brought to light, among other discoveries, a skull from the early Byzantine period (between the fourth and seventh centuries AD). The skull bears traces of surgery, which is incredibly
The Spanish flu was something very distant, an almost forgotten event, doomed to live forever in the shadow of the last year of World War I, with which it coincided. Unfortunately, that has changed. The coronavirus has made us remember all the pandemics that humanity has gone through, and often refe
The dullness, the lack of political experience and basic knowledge of the issues they were dealing with is revealed in the most vivid way in the way the April coup plotters spoke publicly. Both in the speech of their leader, Giorgos Papadopoulos (mainly) and in that of Stylianos Pattakos, the influe
In 1999, two teenagers from Silesia turned a naive fascination with magic and occultism into a terrifying crime. During the black mass in the bunker, they slaughtered two of their peers with knives. All this to make a sacrifice to Satan and go straight to hell - they also intended to take their own
We associate French cuisine with refinement, good wine, delicate and elegant dishes. Before the sixteenth century, Trans-Sequence tables did not necessarily look that way. In 1533, Catherine de Medicci (mother of our king Henry of Valois) married the future king of France, and with her an army of co
In 1945 he discovered a secret Nazi archive in Lower Silesia. Half a century later he was murdered, and his fate was shared by two other people involved in the case. Sounds like a movie script, but it really happened. We are the first to present a comprehensive overview of the hypotheses, suspicions
Cursed rise of the people of the earth! - the left-wing idealists encouraged even in the nineteenth century. They probably did not expect the values they fought for to be so distorted and discredited in the next century. And they will take the lives of tens of millions of people. 5. The Great