The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

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Listening to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech last weekend, one word kept running through my head: Plataea. If you’re ...

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

Three years later, in September 2022, I was fortunate to attend “Once Upon A Time”, a spectacular tribute to the late Nikos Xylouris by the composer Stavros Xarhakos which was staged in the Odeon of ...

Perhaps the most-well known of citrus fruits, lemons are thought to have originated from the Himalayan Mountains and were ...

Armenia celebrates the Feast of St. Sarkis the Warrior on Saturday. The day has been designated a youth holiday by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. Historically, St. Sarkis was a Christian ...