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A group of archeologists recently discovered a Church on the shore of the Lake İznik. İznik, historically known as ancient city of Greece called...

The ruins of an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor have become visible recently for the first time in three decades due to a...

The first ancient Greek colonies were established as early as the 8th century BC, while wide colonization continued through the 5th

May 21 is a festive day as the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Constantine, the founder of Constantinople, and his mother Helen.

Smyrna was once one of the most illustrious of all ancient and Hellenistic-era Greek cities. One of the main centers of Greek settlement in...

When the army of the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in 1204, the Byzantine Empire of Trebizond was formed as a successor state that lasted...

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula...

The Vikings were a seafaring people from Scandinavia. They most famously raided in and around the British Isles and the western coasts of Europe....

In the turbulent years following the conquest of Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade, a number of newly-born Latin and Byzantine Greek states...

Greek was the predominant language spoken in the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman). Despite Romans establishing the empire, Latin was always ranked second. The lands that...