In 1761, Phillis Wheatly a young West-African girl was caught and brought to America on a slave ship.
There Susanna Wheatly, wife of prominent Boston businessman, John Wheatly bought her at an auction to serve as a lady's maid.
The girl would rise from her humble beginings to become the first African-American girl. One with a penchant for Ancient Greece.
The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitstotakis is on an official visit to Japan the first in 17 years to attract investments.
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This stunning view of a winter wonderland along the road to Florina, nothern Greece has recently gone viral thanks to a photographer who had posted it on video.
Stefano Addinado uploaded the video on Instagram and called it the "Magic of Winter in Greece."
My beloved graddaughter has a newly born daugther who is called Anastasia
The statue's torso was found in 1865 south-east of the Parthenon while the head was found in 1888.
Universities in the United Kingdom have repeatedly placed trigger warnings on ancient Greek tragedies as well as Shakespere Beowulf and others
Greece's Foreign Affaires Ministry welcomed the World Heritage Committee's decision to include the Historical of the city of Odessa. Ukraine in the World's Heritage List it said on a statement on Thursday.
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of four 4.300-year-old and a mummy wrapped in gold.
The mummy is a man named Hakeshepes and preserved in a sarcophagus. It is one of the oldest and most complete non-royal corpses that have been discovered in Egypt.
It was discovered in the area of Saqqara. which is located 19 miles south of Cairo.
Archaeologists in Egypt announced they had discovered a 1.80-year-old complete residential city from the Roman era at the heart of the southern city of Luxor
Which is exactly the opposite of what is really happening because Erdogan daily aggresively threatens Greece. We are very unfortumate to have such aggresive neighbors.
It may appear impossible to halt the feeling of a 3.000-year-old corpse but the interest of respect. The British Museum along with other museums banned the name mummy.
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Greece began gas exploration starting with seismic survay in November 2022.
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The Acropolis Museum which marks it 13th anaversary on Monday is located on a hill of the same name an is home to some of the world's most important antiquities.
The Museum one of the best in the world was designed by architests Bernard Tsumi and Michael Phodiades in a way that it offers a panoramic view from which its exhibits came.
Tripadviser lauded Greece as one of the best places to visit in 2023 for its culture, cuisine and natural beauty.
500 g (1lb) minced meat
Olive oil
2 tbsp chopped onions
2 cloves garlic minced
1 cup boiled rice, strained
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup tomato sauce
2 tbsp Parmesan
Heat oven to 180 C (350 F) and cook meat, onion, garlic and tomato sauce over medium heat until the meat is brown, add the rice and stuff the peppers, sprinkle with Parmesan and bake for 20 minutes until the meat is cooked and serve with baked potatoes and a salad of your choice.
A royal tomb dating back to 3.500 years was disovered by archaeologists in the area of Luxor Egypt Ashput was the female Pharaoh and it is possible that she co-ruled ancient Egypt around the time the ancent tomb was built.
A group of arcaeologists from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and an accesion from the new Kingdom and Asheput was the female pharaoh that co-ruled ancient Egypt the time the tomb was built.
They were connected with the McDonald Institute for Archaeology of the University of Cambridge who were respomsible of uncovering the tomb.
A 16-meter-long papyrus found in an Egyprtian sarcophagus by a team of archaelologists. It is the first complete papyrus text to be found for over a century.
The descovery was made in Seqqara the necropolis that served the ancient city of Memphis.
The researchers identified kinds of cereal, olive oil and grapevine production indicating major changes in agricultural production between 1.000 BC and 600 AD.
These changes show that Ancient Greece had a market economy that responded to the law of demand and supply thousands of years before the modern Industrial Revolution.
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The plane made a safe landing from the aircraft. A specialist explosives unit from the police searched the p;ane but did not find any explosive device.
The museum that will hoast part of the ancient antiquities of the Tessaloniki metro will be created at the Fountain metro stadium the Greek Ministry of Culture annouced at the weekend.
Thessaloniki's Fountain Square is one of the most famous meeting points of the city.
The pyramid-like peak of mount Taygetos in the southern Peloponnese has been captured in all its glory by a drone video.
The name of the mountain is one of the oldest recorded in Europe appearing in the Odyssey. In classical mythology it was associated to the nymph Tayete from whom it was named after.
The Taygetus massive is about 100 km long extending from the center of the Peloponnese to cape Matapan in its southermost extremity.
Experts now recommend not to use the term fake news or to limit its use as the term "fake news" is closely associated with politics
A mass shooting caused multiple casualities including ten dead and more than twenty injured on January 2nd on Monterey park. The suspects are still at large Our deepest sympathy to all who lost their loved ones and our speedy recovery to the injured
Karamanlis, who passed away on April 23rd 1998 at the age of 91 was the man chosen to pull Greece out of the seven dark years of dictatorship in 1974.
Tinos island in Greece has been famous for centuries for its marbles and the art of marble sculpture.
The Greeks considered the most superior sculptors of antiquity forced the soften marbles when rendering fine, precice sculptures of either gods or humans.
Ancient marble sculpture ignite our imagination as the Parthenon Marbles, circa 447-430 BC, the breathtaking Nike of Samothrace circa 190 BC the discovery of Varvakeion Athena circa 200 to 250 BC and the stunning Afrodite of Milos
The Temple of the Olympian Zeus in the most magnificent monument apart from the Parthenon on top of the Acropolis which is dedicated to Zeus the first among the Gods of ancient Greeks who resided on top of Mount Olympus.
From postcards of the 19th century depicted a mysterious building on top of the Temple, but it took them more than a century and a half to solve the riddle. Thanks to the English reasercher.
While studying about ancient monuments and how they have changed over the years for his Phd thesis. Dr Paul Cooper came accross something extrodinany odd concerning the Temple
Celts consumed Greek wine and olive oil according to a recent study of ceramic containers which have been excavated from Hilside of Vix -Mont Lassix in Burgandy
Every species of organisms has evoloved to eat any form of organic materials and different animals eat a variety of substances such as vegetables, meat. insects and germs. However, scientists recentlty discovered that viruses are also a menu for certain microbes.
John Delong, a researcher at the University of Nebraska was interested in defining bacteial activity consumed viruses and if such could sustain both individual and commynity population growth.
The caves of Karaftu are magnificently formed by both nature and human activities for millenia.
The structures, which are located approximately 70 kilometers from the Iranian city of Saqquez situated at an altitude of 2.000 metres above sea level.
The magnificent caves located in the province of Kurdistan in western Iran, where Alexander the Great's arrival in the area formed the basis of the Seleucid Empire.
Jimmie Akerson, the leader of the Far-Right Swedish Democrats slammed Turkish President Erdogan as an Islamic Dictator as the former mainains his objection borderlining Sweden's NATO appliction,
But the journey from Troy to Ithaka Odyseus' home town took a full ten years to arrive home. For this reason he did not travel in the Mediterranean but Ireland.
More importantly the Greek Fire saved Constantinople from the attack against them by the Arabs.
4 eggs
2 English muffins
Butter at room temperature
Baby rocket leaves to serve
1 avocado, sliced to serve
1 tbsp fried shalots
For the mayonnase:
1 extra large egg
250 ml olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp Dijon mustard
Season to taste
Crack each egg into a cup without the white. pour over the olive oil, lemon juice and season to taste
Using a hand blender place over the yolks and season to taste until thick mayonnaise is formed.
The president of the Greek Republic. Katerina Sakellaropoulou raised the issue of war reparations during her visit to Germany on Thursday.
At the meeting her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmayer stressed "the outmost importance of the issue of war reparations and occupations loans."
She added that the dialogue on the issue will benefit both countries on the reparation of past disputes and will strengthen the bilateral cooperation in future.
Would famous destinations such as Mykonos and Santorini can be recognized by their architecture?
Influencers love taking pictures of the islands' whitewashed homes But why are Greek houses painted blue and white is it because of the color of the Greek flag or is it about the color of the Mediterranean Sea?
Ancient Greeks believed in supernatural for almost all events and attributed them to goddess Tyche. The Romans believed in her also renaming her Fortuna. The English word for fortune derives from Fortuna. Some even call her Lady Luck.
The historic Athonite Academy at Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain of Orthodoxy was constructed for promoting Christianity and Greek identity, during the dark ages of Ottoman rule.
The educational institution was built in 1749 as a dependency of the Vatopedi Monastery to offer high-level education, ancient philosophy and modern physical science were taught.
To celeberate the happy event we prepared strawberry icecream.
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Did the ancient Greeks look up at the night sky and ask "are we alone" As it turns out the ancient Greek philopher Anaxagoras proposed there might be alian life on the moon.
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Thousands of mourners paid their last respects to former King Constantine of Greece at the Orthdox Metrpolitan Cathedral on Monday.
A long queue was created in the early hours outside Saint Eleftherios next to the Cathedral drapped with the Greek flag until the former King Constantine was laid at rest next to his ancestors' tombs at Tatoi.
Ancient Greeks had different ways of thinking about narrative and truth than we have today.
The WHO is now demanding the Cinese goverment be more forthcoming with figures releasing oficial data.
The removal of the governments zero-Covid policy came after mass protests in December 2022 let to reconsideration of its position.
Certain key parts of the policy such as holding people in quarantine camps only discontinued at the end of December but rapidly increased plaguing the country.
How did a young man born in a poor family manage to catch the prettiest girl in Marousi? By winning the Summer Olympics he had the opportunity to impress his love.
The country which has bid to join the EU now face the possibility of having their application denied by Turkey.
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Gatronomically speaking it represents the base of many international cuisines especially India.
When Alexander the Great conquered the then-known world and India one his gifts to the western world rice.
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Greece is preparing to host several European royals who will be coming to Athens for former King Constantine's funeral on Monday. The government has decided to upgrade the representation.
Among tbe royals who will attend the funeral are:
Filipe of Spain
Juan Carlos, former King of Spain
Henri, grand Duke of Luxembourgh
Haaken, crown Prince of Norway
Carl XV1, crown Prince of Sweden
Willem Alexander of the Netherlands
Queen Margerite of Denmark
The UK will be represented by Prince Edward the younger brother of King Charles.
However, Greek offiials have not ruled out that Prince Willem was one of former Greek King's godfathers. The funeral service will take place at the Athens Metropolis and then he will buried at his ancestral graves at the royal palace in Tatoi.
Details for the funeral and burial will be left to Constantino's family and his body will remain at the Metropolis so that anyone who wishes to offer their respects can do so.
Brussels has accelerated activities in the direction, seeking to adopt a new package before the February Ukraine summit in Kyiv reported Polish agency PAP. The previous one, the ninth, was adopted in December. Some of the countries favouring thougher sancions against Russia were not completely satisfied with the decisions taken but by the end of the year the EU deided to demonstrate unity.
Therefore the disatisfied decided to make demands to reach a consesus Ursula von der Leyer, the leader of the European Commission said that work of the tenth package is gaining momentum.
In the absence of credible information from the Chinese government, researchers around the world are looking for clues in able to determine the severity of this pandemic.
As Covid barrels through China, scientists throughout the world are searching for clues to prevent Covid from sprawling into very serious dimentions. The World Health Organisation is deeply concerned about the spreading of this disease dispite the fact that most of the cases have been vaxinated thrice.
When Adolph Hitler's hated regime crashed down in 1945 with the allied victory after the 2nd World War reminders of the 12 years existance linguered in people's minds like a nightmare the Holocaust and the murder of thousands of Jews in the concentration camps.
Germans today although they do not blame about their compatriots horrific deeds feel terrible remorse.
Down with contemporary swasticas.
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The funeral of former King Constantine, who died last night at the ageof 82, from multiple organ failure.after a severe stroke, will take place next Monday at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral according to reports Archbishop of Athens and Greece Ieronymos II will preside over the services
Twenty five years after its debut the epic romance film Titanic is to make its comeback in 3D. The commencement came upon the heels of director James Cameron released the sequel to his film Avatar which is another of the movy mogul's blockbusters.
Fans of the starcrossed lovers will have a chance to revisit their favorite love story júst in time for Valentine's Day.
