The ancient city of Troy, on the northwest coast of Asia Minor, seems to be 6 centuries older. Specifically, the Turkish archaeologist Rüstem Aslan, a professor at the Canakale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMU) reports that the legendary, ancient city of Troy was destroyed many times by wars, fires and
The nightmare of World War II left a terrible mark on Poland. Massive crimes by the Germans and the Soviets claimed millions of lives. After 1945, however, the Poles also committed acts that many do not want to remember today. It is this painful episode in our history that Marek Łuszczyna reminds us
The capture of Rhodes, the last Christian bastion of the East, momentarily awakened the pope and the European powers. Again, a Greek contributed to this awakening, Janos Laskaris, a descendant of the Laskarids, the imperial family of Nicaea. Another Lascarian would later play a catalytic role in
An ace of intelligence who, disguised as a Wehrmacht general, stole the secret plans of the Nazis. Pilot, engineer, inventor, polyglot. Spy. One of the best in his profession. Kazimierz Leskis biography is so colorful and moving that it could form the basis of one of the novels from the James Bond s