Greek Revolution Altered Ottoman Empire’s Governance, New Study Finds
The burning of the Ottoman frigate at Eressos by Dimitrios Papanikolis. Credit: Konstantinos Volanakis / Public Domain A new historical st...
How Boxing Became a Popular Sport in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek depiction of boxing on a Panathenaic amphora in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen /Wikimedia Commons/...
Lemnos: The Greek Island Home to Europe’s Only Desert
The Greek island of Lemnos is the site of one of Europe’s few deserts. Credit: Aggeliki Tsiona / Unsplash The European continent is not kno...
The Greek Area 51: The Top-Secret American Base in Greece
The Naval Communication Station Greece at Nea Makri, once a key military site, is now abandoned. Its eerie, overgrown grounds and towering ...
The 20 Events That Defined the Greek War of Independence
Metropolitan Germanos of Patras raises the flag of the Greek Revolution during the War of Independence. Credit: Public Domain The Greek War...
Fireships: How Greece’s Daring Sailors Destroyed the Turkish Fleet
The painting ,”The Burning of a Turkish Frigate,” by Konstantinos Volanakis shows Greek sailors setting fire to a Turkish vessel during the...
The Heroines of the Greek War of Independence
Greece personified as a woman in the painting “Grateful Hellas” by Theodoros Vryzakis, 1858. Credit: Public Domain The role that Greek wom...
The Classic Greek Recipe for Hake and Skordalia on March 25th
Bakaliaros (hake) with Skordalia. Credit: Flickr / Klearchos Kapoutsis CC BY 2.0 DEED Greeks eat bakaliaros (hake) and skordalia on March ...
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