Wishing To Ward Off Drunkenness
Researchers at the Israeli Department of Archeology discovered a single amethyst golden ring, while excavating an ancient wine factory, in October 2021. They believe that the ring was used to […]
Nature’s Wrath?
The vast coastal area of Greece and Turkey near the Mediterranean Sea, which divides the two countries, is on fire! The wildfires have killed at least six people in Turkey […]
Grislier Than Imagination!
The Palace of Nebuchadnezzar IIThe mythical city of Babylon is thousands of miles away from his birthplace Macedonia. Alexander III of Macedon (July 356 BCE – June 323 BCE), commonly […]
The Not-So-Young Turks…
Turkey had failed to become a member of the European Union (EU) even after moving its capital from Istanbul to Ankara way back in 1923. Perhaps, the European leaders rightly […]
Evolution & Atavism?
After Hagia Sophia, it is Chora or Kariye Museum… Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expressly sticking to his decision to converting former Greek Orthodox churches to Mosques, one after […]
Euhemerism!
It is widely believed that King Midas had ruled over an area around modern-day Turkey in ancient times. According to Greek mythology, he could turn everything to gold with his […]
A Lively Island
Ikaria, a small island in Greece, covers 254 sqkm of area. Something has happened in the lives of the people there, so that they have started forgetting the Death! In […]
Myth & Reality
Hippolytus, the illegitimate son of the Athenian hero and King Theseus and either Antiope or the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, was a tragic hero in Greek mythology... misfortune or bad luck had been his trusted friend since birth. Many fell in love with this handsome and intelligent person, and they ruined his life. Even, Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus, tried to seduce Hippolytus, but he did not pay heed to her advances. The Greek drama Hippolytus has quite a lot of of similarities with the contemporary dark period.
Zeroing In…
The year 876 AD… Mihira Bhoja or Bhoja I – the sixth ruler of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty in India – succeeded his father Ramabhadra after adopting the title ‘Adivaraha‘. Immediately […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 