It was July 1967 when the Beatles visited Greece, with the intention of buying an island and setting up their own psychedelic resort there. In his autobiography, McCartney even writes that there no one could tell us what not to smoke. That year the Beatles passed through Delphi and Arachova (where
Heliogabalus was a special case of an emperor in the eyes of historians, both contemporaries and later, and this was apparently due in large part to their homophobic prejudices. Today, he is considered the first recorded Roman official with gender dysphoria, something that in those years could neith
They did not go down in history for their political pamphlets, nor for their armed resistance in the Parisian streets. The Zazous only weapons were their dress, their speeches and their general anti-Nazi attitude. Although they did not raise their pistols against the enemy (at least in the early ye
In Fonissa, the unsurpassed work of Alexandros Papadiamantis, Fragogiannou dies paying for her crimes. And there in the last pages, when the tide was leading her to death, the reason for the heinous murders she has committed in the previous pages is also revealed. Papadiamantis makes his heroine, wh
The Black Book of 1821 was a publishing event that coincided with the 200th anniversary of the excommunication of the Greek Revolutionaries and the Friendly Society by the Patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory V. On the occasion of the publication of the study, from the book series Lux Orbis by iWri
Happy Tuesday! The 22nd day of the 2nd month of the year 2022 also fell on... the third day of the week. Imaginary; You will tell me that you have a lot of problems to deal with the abundance of 2. I will suggest you stay a little longer with us, to read about the significance of this number, for mo
You have already read on NEWS 24/7 about how Vladimir Putin made a living, the art of deception. He also made it a career, as can be seen with what he is pursuing, through what he is doing in Ukraine. Professor of history at Yale University (the university he attended) and permanent fellow at the In
The armed Resistance in Europe emerged as a result of the violent collapse of European states and the vital need for societies to react to Axis policies that threatened to dispossess or even annihilate them. In several cases, the result of the Resistance was secession from the body of Hitlers New Eu
The oregano and the gorse and the one-fired garlic of the wort herb is a great spell. The evil eye. Basque Country. The eyes. The heat. The look, the one single look that enters a body and makes it sick. Which does not count, person, age, time, space, place. Which has no mercy. They say that the y
The story of Athanasia Kriketou-Samaris, who died in February 2020 (her death occurred on 20/2, her funeral took place two days later, the news, however, was released on 28/2) is more or less well known. For half a century, the self-proclaimed Saint occupied the news, either because she conversed th
The world heritage monuments of Kyiv, as well as the historical center as well as the wider city which includes many other historical monuments, sites and museums, also near administrative and government buildings, are at risk in case of bombing, the International Council of Monuments and Sites Icom
On Sunday, March 3, 2002, the drachma was used for the last time as legal tender in Greece, giving way to the euro the following day. Of course, the new currency was already in circulation since the New Year of 2002, but euro and drachma walked together for two months, until the Greeks adjusted to t
Chinese and British scientists have announced the discovery in China of a relatively small (2.8 meters long from nose to tail) but formidable-looking stegosaurus, Bassanosaurus, which lived on Earth about 168 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic Period. It is the oldest stegosaurus discovere
* The article by Ian Tyrellis, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and author, was published in Aeon. Aeon is an online magazine that asks big questions, looking for fresh answers and a new perspective on social reality, science, philosophy and cul
Nick Rennisons book, 1922 - The Year That Changed the World , brings the landmark year of 22 back to life by focusing on its special significance. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after six centuries. The British Empire began to crumble. The Soviet Union was founded while Mussolinis Italy was becoming t
It was March 8, 1971, when, in the 15th and final round of the fight of the century, Joe Frazier unleashed his devastating left hook on the jaw of Muhammad Ali, sending him down - for just the third time in his career - on the canvas. Ali got up relatively quickly, but the final seal of the first pr
The wreck of the legendary ship Endurance has been found at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, according to the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust. The ship of the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been searched for since 1915, when it collided with ice and sank
On this day 97 years ago, on March 10, 1925, the processes for the establishment of a new sports association in Piraeus had a happy ending. In Moiras tavern, prominent Piraeus, businessmen, soldiers and athletes were christening the Piraeus Olympic Fans Association, a club that would soon live up to
It is a fact. Peaky Blinders has returned to the BBC for its sixth season, which will (unfortunately) be its last. Since the show is now well into the historical elements of the era its dealing with, lets see how many have a basis in fact and how much is ultimately the result of imagination and dram
Ben Wilsons Metropolis is an editorial event that coincides with a large-scale military operation in lands once again stained with blood. In his work published by Dioptra publications, the historian investigates how the megacities of the planet have been formed, evolved and consolidated, with their
Papyrus depicting an Egyptian woman. The Egyptians made sanitary pads for the menstrual cycle in various ways The papyrus, omnipresent in the culture and society of Ancient Egypt, it also helped women in those days by acting as a rudimentary but indispensable absorbent (https://www.pilloledi
In 1883, sexual techniques were entertainment for dirty old men with thick wallets. At least, this is what the first edition of the famous Kamasutra in the Western world would suggest. This edition was initiated by the famous traveler and scandalist Sir Richard Burton. The title page suggested tha
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) was the French portrait painter of the Court and of Kings in the Grand Siècle, described thus by Madame La Palatine “There is a painter here, Rigo, who stutters so horribly that it takes him a quarter of an hour for each word. He sings perfectly and while singing he does
They carried death to informers, traitors, tsarist officials and gendarmes. They suddenly appeared in a dark gate, in front of the apartment door. They carried out the sentence on the spot. A few blows with a knife - to the neck, chest and stomach - immediately took the life of the convict. This is