Built at the foot of Mount Vermion, the Greek city of Veria was the second most important town after Aigai in the ancient Macedonian era.
It was also the third most important city of the Byzantine empire from the 11th...
A section of an ancient wall in Veria, northern Greece, collapsed into the backyard of a private home, raising safety concerns for residents and triggering a dispute between local authorities over who must remove the fallen stones.
The incident occurred...
Every spring, typically between late February and mid-March, the Imathia region in northern Greece transforms into a breathtaking, spectacular quilt of hot pink and vivid green thanks to the blossoms of its famed peach trees.
This stunning sight, often compared...
In the region of Imathia in Northern Greece, every spring turns into a spectacular quilt of hot pink and vivid green due to the blossoms of its famed peach trees that line the entire plain.
The vast swathes of pink...
For the first time in Jerusalem in 2019, 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina, from the town of Veria in Northern Greece, met the descendants of a Jewish family she helped save during the Holocaust.
One by one, the forty descendants of the...
When anthropologists first uncovered an ancient skull in the Paliokastro area of Thasos, Greece, they were astounded to find that research later confirmed evidence of advanced surgical procedures.
The skull, which dates from the early Byzantine period -- the fourth...
In the city of Veria, northern Greece, the air is now bustling with activity as peach growers begin harvesting their peaches. Peach harvesting season is a time of celebration for the region of Imathia, renowned for its high-quality fruit.
Greek...
A mother has been arrested in northern Greece after her baby daughter, just eleven months old, was found dead in an irrigation dam, police said on Monday.
The 29-year-old suspect, whose name wasn't provided by authorities, is due to appear...
An unfinished Roman-era statue made of marble was unearthed in an excavation in Veria recently, according to a statement issued by the Greek Ministry of Culture on Wednesday.
The statue, which does not have a head, is three-fifths life size;...
An ancient sculpture of Alexander the Great was recently discovered in a Greek museum's storage room, a leading archaeologist revealed recently on Facebook.
Angeliki Kottaridi said the sculptural portrait of the Macedonian king had been forgotten for years in the...
