Greek Asia
Saturday, 4 April 2026

URUMS ~ THE TATAR - SPEAKING GREEKS

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  Urums; Greek: Ουρούμ, Urúm;  are several groups of Turkic-speaking Greek Orthodox people native to Crimea. The emergence and development o...
Friday, 3 April 2026

THE GREEK MUSLIMS OF PONTUS AND CAUCASUS

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Geographic dispersal Pontic Greek (called Ρωμαίικα/Roméika in the Pontus, not Ποντιακά/Pontiaká as it is in Greece), is spoken by large comm...
Tuesday, 3 March 2026

GREEK ART IN YEMEN ~ EROS /DIONYSOS RIDING A LION

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  Timna is an ancient city in Yemen, the capital of the Qataban kingdom. Its modern name is Beihan. During ancient times, Timna was an impor...

THE SEA EAGLE OF SINOPE ~~ THE ETERNAL SYMBOL OF PONTUS

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Hemidrachm of the  Greek city of Sinope,  circa 330-250 BCE. In ancient Greek Religion, Sinope is a Nymph who was associated with the region...
Monday, 2 February 2026

THE CITY OF GERRHA ~ SAUDI ARABIA

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Gerrha ( Greek: Γέρρα) was an ancient and renowned city within Eastern Arabia, on the west side of the Persian Gulf. Known from Greek source...
Thursday, 15 January 2026

MOULD FOR THE CASTING OF SLING BULLETS

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  The sling was used as a weapon throughout antiquity. Traditionally, sling-shots were made of stone. But in the 5th century BCE, a new type...
Thursday, 1 January 2026

ALEXANDER THE GREAT COIN ~ SAUDI ARABIA

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  Eastern Arabia. Gerrha. 230-220 BCE. The makers of this coin were mitating the coin types of Alexander the Great . Head of young Herakles ...
Friday, 12 December 2025

DEMETRIUS OF BACTRIA AS DEVA GOBUJO ~ FREE PDF

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  A very interesting research by Lucas Christopoulos . For those who wish to read it, it's available below in pdf form for free. Click o...
Wednesday, 10 December 2025

HELLENISTIC JUDAISM

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  Hellenistic Judaism was a form of Judaism in classical antiquity that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Hellenistic cul...
Thursday, 4 December 2025

RUM, THE GREEK PEOPLE OF SYRIA AND THE LEVANT

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From  the  early  days of history, the Greeks have asserted themselves as one  of   the most adventurous peoples.  Even from before the firs...
Friday, 7 November 2025

ARABIA , GREECE AND BYZANTIUM ~ FREE BOOK PDF

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A book about the cultural contacts tthroughout ancient and medieval times, available in PDF. Click on the following link. https://www.mfa.gr...
Saturday, 25 October 2025

GRECO~ARABIAN KINGDOM

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The Greco-Arabian Kingdom, a period of dynamic interaction between Greek and Arabian cultures, emerged in the ancient Arabian Peninsula duri...
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