Italians
Ancient Greece
Could It Be That the Ancient Greeks Created the First Pizza?
Pizza, the delicious flat bread that comes out of the oven topped with melted cheese and other yummy ingredients.
Greece
The Forgotten Tragedy of 4,100 Italian Prisoners Who Drowned off Athens
This Sunday, Greece will honor the memory of the 4,100 Italian prisoners of war who perished in the Saronic Gulf in 1944 while aboard the Norwegian steamship "ORIA."
This monumental human tragedy, which took place during the horrific years of World...
Greece
The Greek Titanic: The Shipwreck that Cost More than 4,000 Lives
One of the worst maritime tragedies in history took place in Greece and cost almost four times as many lives as those taken in the Titanic disaster; yet the sinking of the "Oria" in the Saronic Gulf in February...
Archaeology
Italians to Walk Ancient Egnatia Road from Thessaloniki to Kavala
A group of Italian researchers and students are to walk the ancient Egnatia Odos (Egnatia Road) from Thessaloniki to Kavala, in an effort to revive the ancient thoroughfare as a hiking trail of civilization, from Durres to Constantinople.
The project...