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Sizzling “Tsiknopempti” customs across Greece

Like many Christian customs, the origin of Tsiknopempti should be connected to the Bacchic feasts of Ancient Greece

Homer’s Achilles is African in new BBC TV series “Troy: A Fall of a City”! (photos)

Patroclus and Zeus are also Africans

Submerged Greek ancient cities! (PHOTOS)

As if the Greek archaeological sites on land were not enough...

Ancient Greeks painted their gods in vibrant colours (PHOTOS)

Scholars and art lovers are slowly getting warmer to the idea of "statuary polychromy"

Restoration: Tunisia with a touch of Hellenism (PHOTOS)

Billy Cotsis takes us through a Hellenic history of Tunisia

The Ancient Greek roots of Feta Cheese

Given that the “Odyssey” was written in 8th century BC, the origin of feta is indisputably Greek

Pozar Thermal Baths: A revitalization of the senses in the birthplace of Alexander the Great (PHOTOS)

Tradition has it that Alexander the Great had timber cut here for the fearful weapon of the Macedonian army, the 6m long spear called “Sarissa”

TALOS: The ancient Greek humanoid Robot!

He would tour Cretan villages three times every year, carrying on his back bronze plates inscribed with divinely-inspired laws

How Ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes calculated the Earth’s circumference (VIDEO)

The idea that Earth is a sphere was first introduced by another ancient Greek mathematician, Pythagoras, around 500 BC and validated by Aristotle about 200 years later

Ten ancient sites to see in Athens (PHOTOS)

Athens should be better known for the impressive temples & archaeological sites scattered...downtown!

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