medieval history
Ancient Greece
Varangian Guard, the Vikings of the Byzantine Empire
The Vikings were seafaring from Scandinavia. They most famously raided in and around the British Isles and the western coasts of Europe. However, what many people do not know is that they were active much further east, too. They...
Culture
Theatre Play Reveals Unknown Greek Vampire History
It may seem unbelievable, but there were vampires in Greece! The engaging theatrical performance by Konstantinos Dellas and his theater company “boulouki,” narrates the story of Greek vampires, based on reports in medieval and modern Greek literature.
“The Greek Vampire,” currently...
Ancient Greece
MHNC Releases Second Book of "The Ancient Roots of Medieval History" Trilogy
The second book of the trilogy "The Ancient Roots of Medieval Europe (5th-15th century)", titled "The Pan-Europeanism of Ancient Greek Medical Science in the Middle Ages", has just been released by the Museum of the Hellenic Nobel Collection's (MHNC)...