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New Type of Amphora Found in Roman Shipwreck

A new study, featured in the journal "Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences," brings to light important discoveries on an ancient Roman shipwreck found near Mallorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands. Situated only 65 meters away from a well-visited beach close to...

Turkey’s Erdogan Postpones Visit to US, Amid Regional Tensions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that he is postponing his scheduled meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House. This was initially planned to take place on May 9. The postponement occurred due to ''changes...

Greece’s Petrounias Wins Gold At European Championship

Eleftherios Petrounias, the celebrated Greek gymnastics athlete once again proved his dominance in the still rings event on Friday evening by winning a gold medal in the 2024 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics that was held in Rimini, Italy. This...

John Koudounis Highlights Sustainability at Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit

Speaking at the Economist-hosted Fifth New York-Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit Greek-American CEO of Calamos Investments John Koudounis, said there is a strong appetite for investment in Environmental and sustainable products, and although the sector has been politicized by far...

Olympic Flame Officially Handed over in Athens Ceremony

A dusky glow over the Parthenon provided the backdrop for the lighting of the Olympic lantern as part of the flame handover ceremony, ready to make its journey to Marseille and then around the rest of the world. A magnificent...

Making Diamonds Doesn’t Require Extreme Pressure Anymore

Researchers, led by Director Rod Ruoff at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), as well as graduate students from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), have successfully grown diamonds. They...

When Jerusalem Was Under Ancient Greek Rule

The ancient Greek period in Jerusalem lasted from 332 to 152 BC following the death of Alexander the Great and the dividing of his empire by his generals, the so-called diadochi. Alexander's successors imposed the Hellenistic culture on their new...

The Curious Story of Greek Strongman Gust Lessis

Greek strongman Gust Lessis first found fame after moving to the US in 1919. There, he performed feats of incredible strength before audiences at Brighton Beach and was soon discovered by two New York photographers. Unfortunately, Lessis met a...

China Green-Lights Mass Production of Autonomous Flying Taxis

EHang, a vehicle maker, got the first-ever production certificate in China to produce self-flying taxis. These taxis are called EH216-S. They don't need a pilot and can carry passengers. They can take off and land vertically, and they run...

New Satellite Photos Show Hundreds of ‘Black Spiders’ on Mars

The European Space Agency's Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of  ‘black spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars. Rather than being actual spiders, these small, dark features form when spring sunshine falls on layers of carbon...

DNA Analysis Redirects the Cradle of Indo-Europeans, Sheds Light on Proto-Greeks

A recent DNA analysis on 777 ancient genomes from across the so-called Southern Arc, namely Southern Europe and West Asia, redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans and sheds light on the Proto-Greek prehistoric past. As is well known, the Greek language belongs...

15 Reasons to Visit Corfu, Greece

"Greece’s greenest island, Corfu, welcomes visitors with the sweet aroma of pine and lemon trees. In the mountainous interior myrtle and bay bushes fight it out, while venerable olive groves descend to its beach-fringed coastline." That's how The Guardian...

Giant Squid Caught in Greece

A fish tavern owner in Evia, Greece caught a giant squid (kalamari) recently, which weighs 15 kg (33 lbs) a rare size for Greek waters. According to a report in the local site evima.gr, residents, and visitors to the beach...

Levissi: The Ghost Village in Turkey Once Home to 10,000 Greeks

The ghost village of Levissi (known today as Kayaköy) was once a bustling Greek village on the slopes of a hill in the district of Fethiye, Turkey, almost opposite the island of Rhodes. Greeks of the 5,000-year-old village were ethnically...

Hundreds of WWII German Bombs Unearthed at Athens’s Hellinikon

A total of 314 WWII German bombs have been discovered during work on a massive urban development project at the former airport complex of Hellinikon south of Athens, according to local authorities. In a press conference on Thursday, Elliniko-Argyroupoli Mayor...