In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

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Take a detour away from Greece's touristic spots in a region where the Greeks themselves choose to spend their holiday.

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NORMAN — Sophia Bordi, the No. 5 high school softball pitcher in the class of 2025 per Softball America, is headed to Oklahoma a year early. The Merchantville, New Jersey, native has reclassified and ...

Istanbul/Rhodes – Centuries-old tales from the island of Rhodes claimed a key role in the construction of the magnificent Hagia Sophia: that its soaring domes were built with uniquely crafted Rhodian ...

The Turkish Ministry of Culture is undertaking a cleaning program of the underground spaces of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, aiming to make them accessible to the public. The project includes the ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis ...

Compared to 2024’s wave of protests against overtourism across Europe, in Greece – famed for its filoxenia (love of strangers) – there has been scarcely a ripple, despite the country ...

The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture. Credit Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons After fifteen centuries, Hagia Sophia‘s maze-like, underground ...

Constantinople – After 15 centuries shrouded in mystery, a vast underground network beneath Hagia Sophia is being opened to the public. The Turkish Ministry of Culture is clearing a labyrinthine ...