1st millennium BC
Artifacts of Satala ancient city on display for first time
Military tombstones, milestones, inscriptions and war equipment that have been found during the excavations in the ancient city of Satala, where the Roman 15th Legion ruled for 600 years and served as a military headquarters in the northern province of Gümüşhane, are on display for the first time.
Agreement for production of new drones in Greece
A memorandum of cooperation for the financing of the construction of a new drone, between the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAV), the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Democritus University of Thrace, the University of Thessaly and the University of Patras, for the design and industrial production of a new unmanned aerial vehicle, was signed on Thursday at an event held at the Finance Mi
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Heavy rain, storms pound Antalya
Heavy rain and storm disrupted traffic and paralyzed daily life in the southern province of Antalya on Jan. 11.
Antalya, one of the 11 provinces for which the Turkish State Meteorological Service issued an "orange alert," has been seriously affected by torrential rain and storms since Jan. 11.
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Robbers hold up gaming hall in Thessaloniki
Two people stormed an OPAP Play gaming hall in western Thessaloniki on Tuesday night and took 1,000 euros in cash, police said Thursday.
The perpetrators, who appeared around 9.45 p.m., had covered their faces and were holding guns.
After the robbery they fled on foot.
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Antalya welcomed 13.4 million tourists last year
Some 13.4 million foreign tourists arrived in Antalya by air last year, marking a 48 percent increase from 2021.
Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast, reached those numbers despite the fallout from the Russian-Ukraine conflict.
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Antikythera mechanism unlocked, revealing amazing sophistication of the ancient Greeks
The paper suggests the mechanism was likely designed by Archimedes
Iron Age ivory plaques unearthed in ancient Jerusalem mansion
Archaeologists revealed on Sept. 5 ivory plaques found in a luxurious Jerusalem Iron Age residence, a first-of-its-kind discovery at this location that sheds light on the owner's wealth and social status.
Antalya expects 12 million tourists this year
The number of foreign tourists visiting the province of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast may reach 12 million this year, according to a trading group.
More than 9 million foreign holidaymakers arrived in the city by plane between January and Aug. 31, data from the provincial directorate of culture and tourism showed.
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Two hundred and fifty thousand tourists used red buses to tour Thessaloniki
More than 250,000 Greek and foreign visitors, from 2012 until today, have chosen the open-type red buses of Thessaloniki Sightseeing to get to know the city and its numerous monuments, museums and churches, in just… 80 minutes.
Urartian speaker to quit post in November
Mehmet Kuşman, who has been a volunteer guard at a Urartian castle in the eastern province of Van and is one of the few people in the world who speaks the Urartian language, has said that he will quit his voluntary job in November.
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