The invasion of Poland is often presented as a simple German military walk. But this is not the case. The Poles were defeated for a number of reasons but in any case they fought and often heroically. One such case is the battle at Yordanov which took place between September 1 and 3, 1939 between
Of all the oracles of the ancient Greek world, that of Delphi was undoubtedly the most important. Many who consulted the oracles of Didyma, Dodona, Olympia, Claros, Efira or Delos, asked for a second opinion at Delphi, if they could afford it. Even so, it was not the oldest, an honor that fell to
In the mid-1950s, archaeologists made a sensational discovery at the site of the sanctuary of Olympia:tools for working gold and ivory, terracotta molds and a cup with an inscription appeared under a Byzantine church built in the middle of the sacred precinct. which put ΦΕΙΔΙΟΥ ΕΙΜΙ (I belong to Phi
Osroëne , also Osrhoene , ancient kingdom of northwestern Mesopotamia, lies between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and lies on the modern boundary of the Turkey and Syria . The capital was Edessa (modern Urfa, Tur.). The name of the kingdom ultimately appears to have been deriv