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WEB3 days ago — Europe has seen protests across places like Santorini and Barcelona all summer as residents have reached their limit with over-tourism. In their second-quarter report, the European Travel Commission (ETC) confirmed that European tourism has increased past 2019 figures by about...
Patmos: The Greek Island of John’s Revelation
WEBJun 19, 2024 — Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos in the Greek island of Patmos. Credit: Valeria Casali / wikimedia commons CC BY 3.0. The Greek island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea is best known as the location where the Apostle John received and wrote the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament.
Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb: Archaeologist in Egypt Thrills with New Clues
WEBMar 7, 2024 — Alexandria, Egypt. Credit: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. CC BY 2.0/flickr. In her research, Dr Martinez has narrowed down options for the location of Cleopatra’s tomb, concluding that it is most likely in the Taposiris Magna temple, which translates to ‘great tomb of Osiris’.
Atlantis: How Plato’s Story Corresponds to Real History
WEBMay 30, 2024 — The first problem is that the hypothesis entirely discards Plato’s given chronology of 9600 BC. Another more significant problem with the original theory is that the primary island of Atlantis, an island the size of Crete, one Plato said was supposed to be 9 kilometers away from the circular island within an island setting, is not around the Santorini backdrop of 1600 BC.
The Mystery of Longevity on Ikaria Island, Greece
WEBApr 12, 2024 — According to scientific studies, the island dwellers also have much lower rates of cancer and heart disease, suffer significantly less depression and dementia, maintain their sex lives into old age, and remain physically active and well into their nineties.
The Twenty Most Famous Movies Based on Greek Mythology
WEBNov 19, 2023 — The movie “300” used some of the most advanced CGI effects available at the time. Credit: Screenshot from YouTube/@Warner Bros. Pictures. Although 300 is likely one of the most well-known movies on this list, it is far from historically accurate in its depiction of ancient Greece. The movie is based on a 1998 comic book series, and is thus fairly far removed from its original source material.
Greek Orthodox Easter: Everything You Need to Know
WEBApr 30, 2024 — The procession of the Epitaphios on Good Friday, or Μεγάλη Παρασκευή. Credit: Maggas, CC BY 3.0/Wikipedia Commons Greek Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, is the most important religious feast of the year, with customs and traditions that have been part of Christianity for two thousand years.. The 40-day period of Lent before Easter (Πάσχα-Pascha), the solemnity of Holy Week, the ...
Has Cleopatra's Tomb Finally Been Found? - GreekReporter.com
WEBMay 20, 2023 — The tunnel beneath the temple at Taposiris Magna. Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Archaeologists recently discovered an underground tunnel, which may lead to the long-lost tomb of the Greek Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, beneath Egypt’s ancient Taposiris Magna Temple.. Cleopatra was a Greek and the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt from 51 to 30 B.C.E.