Greek history

"The first advanced Bronze Age civilization of Europe was established by the Minoans about 5,000 years before present," the new article, entitled "A European population in Minoan Bronze Age Crete," that was recently published in the peer-reviewed open access scientific journal Nature...

In the historic center of Athens the Acropolis Museum welcomed this August’s full moon on Saturday, August 29, with a special Tango event under the Parthenon. The musical journey started at 8:30 pm and lasted a bit past its scheduled 11:30...

July 24, 1974 is an important day in modern Greek history as it marks the day democracy was restored after seven years of military dictatorship. A few days earlier, a failed junta-instigated military coup in Cyprus gave Turkey a great...

During the yearly meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, a team of researchers claimed that the attic of the millennia-old Greek temple of Parthenon might have been the ideal place for Athenians to hide their vast cash reserves around 434 BC. After all, nobody would...

Greece has called for seven referendums over a period of 54 years (1920-1974). According to sansimera.gr, six of the referendums were related to the State while one of them to the approval of the Constitution. Three out of seven referendums were...

The fall of Constantinople was the result of a three month siege by the Ottoman army, led by Sultan Mehmed II. At the time, Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was the  ruler of the Byzantine capital. The siege lasted from April...

The exhibition “The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” at the archaeological museum of Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal, Canada, has ended after four successful months. “Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal’s Archaeology and History Complex, is proud to announce that 132,156 visitors came through...

TerraMagma Pictures is in the process of producing a new film called "Echoes of the Past" about the Kalavryta Holocaust, that takes a deep look at Greek-German relations and the history of the two countries. The announcement comes at a...

Famous Greek art collector Ian Vorres passed away on Friday, February 27. He was the founder of Vorres Museum, located in Paiania, East Attica, Greece. Vorres Museum was founded in 1983 in order to highlight Greek Art and Greek culture. It...

The Greek Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis announced today, February 2 that it is technically feasible to restore the historic bridge in Plaka, Arta which collapsed on Sunday due to bad weather conditions. Spirtzis immediately traveled to...