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Food
Horta: The Benefits of Greece’s Magical Greens
Everyone who has a friend or relative from Greece, has heard of the word ''horta.'' Literally translating into English as the humble ''weed,'
Culture
The Sound of Hagia Sophia, Recreated Centuries Later
The sound of Hagia Sophia was recreated recently by two scholars from California’s Stanford University by simply popping a balloon.
Bissera Pentcheva, a professor of art history, has published a book on the subject titled Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and...
Greece
Paximadia: the Cretan Greek Superfood
Paximadia -- the hard Cretan rusk now enjoyed all over Greece -- takes thrift and turns it into a delicious and healthy snack.
Archaeology
Stone Age Tools on Crete Show Man Sailed the Mediterranean 130,000 Years Ago
Stone age tool finds on Crete in 2010 indicate that man traveled the Mediterranean 130,000 years ago, and not 10,000 years ago as originally believed, according to Science magazine.
Greece
The Greek Island That Still Commemorates Edward Kennedy
The handwritten note by late U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy dating back to August 1968 is exhibited in the small art gallery that used to be a taverna in Edward Kennedy Square, located in Lakka village on the Greek island...
Australia
The Australian Savior of Thousands of Pontian Greek Refugees
Australian George Treloar saved thousands of Pontian Greek refugees who were forced to flee their ancestral homes in Turkey in the 1920s.
Ancient Greece
Was Socrates’ Trial and Subsequent Death Penalty Legally Just?
Historians have presented the trial of Socrates as a parody, claiming that the Athenian philosopher was forced to face invented charges
Animals
World’s First Dolphin Sanctuary Founded in Greece
The world’s first permanent sanctuary for dolphins who have been rescued from captivity was founded recently.
Europe
Saint Corona Venerated for Protection Against Epidemics
Though sometimes forgotten, the Orthodox and Catholic Churches have long commemorated a saint who is thought to protect against disease and pandemics, such as today’s coronavirus.
Saint Corona (who is also known as St. Kron or St. Kronpeth) is the...
Culture
Cavafy: The Greek Poet Master at Saying a Lot with Very Little
Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis brought an international aura to modern Greek poetry, by being a master at saying a lot with very little.