The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has been both a blessing and a curse, sparking centuries of conflict over control of ...

Greek islands - From temples to taramasalata or sandy beaches and scenery, the Greek islands have plenty to offer ...

The Byzantine Empire is known for many things, however, not many people know the unusual life journeys of some of its emperors, like Basil I.

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island ...

The ruins of another former capital, Byzantine Paleochora, can be found to the east above Agios Nektarios, one of the biggest churches in Greece, built for the most recent Greek Orthodox saint ...

A new archaeometric study of 66 marble artifacts from the early Byzantine villages of Porphyreon and Chhim in Lebanon reveals ...

The Byzantine Museum in Nicosia ... Cyprus gained independence from British rule in 1960, but Greek-Turkish Cypriot tensions ...

We look at how the Greek language slowly replaced the Latin, Hellenization of the empire and the region, tensions between Christianity and Hellenisation, Romanness and Hellenic nature, and ...

So far, 33 skeletons have been found near Eptapyrgio prison northeast of the city, a former Byzantine-era fortress later known as Yedi Kule under Ottoman rule. The Greek civil war lasted from 1946 ...

The 2025 Greek History and Culture Seminars ... Olympia Nelson, a PhD candidate, captivated the audience with her research on Byzantine art—a field she found to be underrepresented in academia ...

So far, 33 skeletons have been found near Eptapyrgio prison northeast of the city, a former Byzantine-era fortress later known as Yedi Kule under Ottoman rule. The Greek civil war lasted from 1946 ...