Monday 26 August 2019
Route in Spacetime The Acropolis of Athens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was populated since the Neolithic era and during the Mycenean times was fortified with walls that protected the...
Monday 30 November 2020
As in every country and season, there are natural phenomena. A Greek winter can be cold and in the mountainous areas, and it always snows. However, every year there are also some very warm days with...
Thursday 7 June 2018
One of the Architectural problems of the Ancient world, that concerned me as a student of Architecture in Rome, was the Arc. Namely this Architectural solution, that for my professors was a Roman...
Tuesday 27 August 2019
Southernmost Cape of Attica Sounio is the southernmost headland of Attica, 38 km from Athens, where on the formed hill of 60 meters which was formed by the leveling of the area the Temple of...
East Gate of the Gods Delos is located in the middle of an island complex whose colonists are basically Ionian, who at least since 700 B.C. organized common celebrations in Delos.When it became...
Administrative and Religious Center of Greece Delphi, the "Navel of the Earth", the "Common Hearth of all the Greeks", was the most sacred site of Ancient Greece. The Antiquities curator B....
Monday 21 September 2020
Hellenic Republic Greece (Ελλάδα), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), historically also known as Hellas, is a country located in the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula,...
Religious Center of Macedonia This shrine was destroyed by the Aetolian army in 219 B.C. but was rebuilt by the Macedonians because it is their eminent holy site. It was here that Phillip II...
Religious Center of Epirus Dodoni (Greek: Δωδώνη) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Dodona (Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, Dōdṓna, Ionic and Attic Greek:...
Sunday 13 October 2019
The haunting beauty of Greece’s alpine lakes gave way to legendary tales of mythical creatures that once inhabited them. Locals call them “Dragon Lakes” (Drakolimnes) because they are believed to...
Ritual Center of Greece Eleusis was one of the most important religious centers in Greece. It was founded, according to the archaeological findings, in 1800 B.C. and is located in the Thracian...
Sunday 3 November 2019
In the history of humankind, many have been the cultures whose foundations were anchored on winegrowing and winemaking. Even today, a great many people instinctively think that wine equals culture....
Thursday 9 July 2020
Located in southeastern Europe, Greece is the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. About 80% of Greece consists of mountains or hills, thus making Greece one of the most...
Sunday 22 November 2020
Magna Graecia (Megalē Hellas) refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy which were colonized by various ancient Greek city-states from the 8th to 5th centuries BCE. Sicily, although also a...
The Greek diet, with Crete as its most famous paradigm, is the quintessential Mediterranean diet, based mainly on vegetables and olive oil, although so many of its other elements have also come...
Tuesday 14 July 2020
Greece is primarily a mountainous country with more than 300 larger or smaller mountains. The most significant Greek mountain axis is the Pindus Mountain range, forming the “backbone” of Mainland...
Monday 27 August 2018
From Mythology to History The route Delphi - Necromanteion - Olympus - Delhi is roughly 450 kilometers long. The surface of the Orphic circle centered around Metropolis (Ω) is roughly 25.500...
West Gate of the Mortal The Necromateion (or Nekromateion) of Ephyra is as important as Delphi and Delos because it is one of the basic elements of the religion of the Greeks. Namely, it is a...
Thursday 21 April 2022
In April of 2022, we organized an epic adventure tour for Simon Cudby, established action photographer and founded of Offroad Underground. We would ride the northern part of the Peloponnese region...
Sports Center of Greece As we observed when we mentioned Delphi, with the descend of the Dorians in the 12th century B.C. the reorganizing of the basic shrines within the Greek region begins,...
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