A woman in her 30s decides to look for her father. The reconstruction of the past of her now dead father goes hand in hand with the turbulent decades of an entire society. The Italian one. In The Sunken State Marta Barone sets up an amalgam of novel, memoir and history that goes through the socio-po
Enough of this and dont make us a furnace, dont even cut our hair, were the words of Panagiotis Efthimiadis father, shortly before his family went to the sanatoriums . Moments earlier they had arrived in Kalamaria and were taken off the ship in iron barges to the wooden staircase that led to yet ano
It is obvious that in the Middle Ages sexual life would be full of taboos and prohibitions, anywhere in the then known world. And therefore it is obvious that the same thing would happen within the context of the Byzantine Empire, which came to tame the somewhat loose morals - according to its logic
A famous art collector, billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt, has agreed to return 180 works and antiquities - including Greek ones - stolen from several countries in recent decades, New York judicial authorities announced. The announcement by New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the re
One of the most important episodes of World War II. It happened on December 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, where the US Pacific Fleet was based. This attack, which was the first on American soil since 1812, resulted in the US going to war. US-Japanese re
Our task is first to identify, through the analysis of society, its characteristic tendencies at a given moment in its evolution and to present them clearly. Then to put these tendencies into practice in our relationships with all those who think like us. And finally, starting today, but especially
Its a story so old, it makes even Christianity seem like a religion born yesterday. Demonism and therefore exorcism goes hand in hand with mans fear of the unknown, it survives to this day and because we do not know this unknown and if we will ever get rid of it, it seems that it has a long future a
The Prohibited Books of 1821 are a collective work of three texts, which were written over a period of twenty-two years, from 1797 to 1819. New Political Administration (Vienna, 1797) by Rigas Velestinlis, Livellos against the High Priests, written by an anonymous author in Smyrna in 1810, and Krit
One of the biggest crimes of Nazi Germany during World War II. On December 13, 1943, Wehrmacht forces killed almost all the male inhabitants of Kalavryta, in retaliation for the execution of captured German soldiers by ELAS. According to Sansimera.gr, especially in the last year of the Occupation,
How can more than forty years of everyday life and the history of a city be captured in the photographic lens? And how can an exhibition awaken memories, give a new breath and revive an entire city after a century? A tour of the exhibition-tribute to Volio photographer Kostas Zimmeris at the Museu
Almost 63 years have passed since the deaths of nine ski hikers on the famous Dyatlov Pass, in the Ural Mountains of the then Soviet Union, and no one has been able to provide a convincing explanation of what really happened in February 1959, in a mystery that remains unsolved until today. The Magaz
Athens, April 1963:I agree with those who believe that the Athens Hilton Hotel is the finest Hilton in the world. The founder of the still powerful hotel chain, Conrad Hilton, was so impressed that he traveled all the way to Athens to attend the opening ceremony of our own Hilton. A few days ago it
On the island of Ioannina, in Lake Pamvotida, the former president of the Republic, Karolos Papoulias, will be buried on Thursday. The small island, the only one without a name, is inhabited by just over 200 inhabitants, while it is one of the two inhabited islands in a lake in Greece. The islan
The planet was alive in 1926, when the École Internationale de Genève thought - in its second year of operation - that it would be interesting to meet children from different countries in the same educational system and educational space, with the aim of getting to know each other better - independe
In addition to the weather forecast, at NEWS 24/7 on a daily basis we recall the most important events of the past in terms of weather conditions. The references are mainly made to remind us that some extremes are not only a feature of our time, but similar events happened in the past as well. In
Many of us have heard stories of people who turned their hair white overnight, usually because of great sadness. Even in history such cases have been recorded. According to historians, when Marie Antoinette was captured after her failed escape attempt and brought back to Paris, she took off her wi
On this day 79 years ago (4/1/1943) the German invaders executed Gerzi (Georgio) Ivanov and his Greek associates. The Nazis had sanctioned with 2 million drachmas, one of the greatest (if not the greatest) saboteurs of World War II. The Polish super-athlete of Herakles, who grew up and loved Greece,
Landmark of division. The phrase that Kyriakos Mitsotakis used in his Epiphany message to describe Ai Stratis hit those who heard it. To some positively and to others negatively. Apparently, this was also the prime ministers intention. Because it concerned the island where Kostas Varnalis, Dimitri
It was January 8, 1991, when 15-year-old Jeremy Delle turned his gun on himself and killed himself in his classroom and in front of his classmates at Richardson High School in Texas. The news prompted Eddie Vedder to write Jeremy, one of Pearl Jams most iconic songs. Jeremy Delle decided to end his
We all think of ancient Egypt as one of the most powerful empires known to the pre-Christian world, so how could anyone believe that its great army could have been defeated by a pack of cats? And yet... This great military defeat may not have happened exactly like that, but it is not far from the
The Jesuits were not idle. They contributed to the development of the Catholic Church through evangelistic and missionary work. In addition, they carried the torch (or muzzle) of education and unscrupulously fought the Reformation. Overall, they served the cause as much as they could. What their sur
In Rome, between the Palatine and Aventine hills, we can see the remains of one of the greatest attractions of the ancient empire - Circus Maximus. Circus Maximus was the Roman equivalent of the Greek hippodrome. Over the centuries, repeatedly expanded, it became a symbol of a circus or - if you p
Nicholas II and his wife Alexander Fedorovna got married for love, their family life was extremely happy. Paradoxically, it was their feelings that led to the collapse of the Romanov empire. 16-year-old Mikołaj called Niki and 12-year-old Aleksandra, née Princess Alix Heska, met in St. Petersbur
This medieval altar is unique not only because of its cultural values. Few works of art can boast such a rich history. When Angelo di Jacopo Tani decided to fund an altar for the Church of San Bartolomeo in the city of Fiesole, he could not have guessed what a turbulent fate awaited the Last Jud