(Kara Tepe 2; photo: internet) It is not for the first time that a huge camp of tents makes history in the North Aegean. More than thousands of years ago BC, in today’s Turkey, not …
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Category: History
Crying September
The ninth month of the year still bears the name of the seventh month. An inheritance from Pre-Christian times, when science endlessly struggled with the months and the moon phases. Along with Greek calendars and …
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Sunglasses with a story
About ships, ship building, wooden boats and wooden sunglasses.
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Fire on the island*
About a wildfire in Eftalou.
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Káárpouzi!
A little history of the watermelon.
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Terpander from Antissa
About the musician Terpander from Andissa, also called The Father of the Greek Music.
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Roman games
(Ancient theater of Mytilini. Photo: internet) A few weeks ago a very old temple was found in an even older amphitheater in Mytilini: a temple for Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution. With a whip …
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A Hairdressers Blues
A little history about hairdressers.
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Have a B6!
About walking during the lockdown and the bans for Easter.
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Lost cities
In very ancient times the Greeks were called Pelasgians. One of their kings was Makaras, who settled on the then uninhabited island of Lesvos. There arose cities that were called after Makaras’ offspring: one son: …
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