Month: August 2022

A huge fire broke out between two monasteries at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. One of the most valuable monasteries of Athos – the Docheiariou monastery (Greek: Μονή Δοχειαρίου) , which has a very valuable library with hundreds of manuscripts and books, as well as wall paintings and icons by ancient masters, is threatened. A large-scale operation is underway […]

At the beginning of September, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Hieronymus of Athens and Metropolitan Epiphanius (Dumenko) of Kyiv, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine, will celebrate together the feast of the Council of the Saints of Thasos. A pilgrimage to Kavala and Thassos will take place from 3 to 6 September 2022 on […]

A skull and crossbones sign welcomes visitors to Alnwick Gardens, they are only allowed to look but if life is dear they must not smell, touch and taste 800,000 tourists flock to Alnwick Castle in the north of Great Britain every year. Called the Versailles of the North, it attracts like a magnet not only […]

Tourists going on holiday in Spain should be aware of a new law that will leave them toasty in the hottest season. Madrid has passed a new law which means that shops, offices and accommodation will no longer be able to set their air conditioning systems to temperatures lower than 27 degrees Celsius in the […]

Over 2 million visitors a year pass through the dark rooms of one of Pompeii’s brothels. No, this is not a joke, but reality. Although in this case it is not at all a question of consuming the carnal pleasures usually offered in such a place, but of pure history. Yes, there were about 25 […]

Bulgaria stops accepting documents for tourist visas for citizens of Russia, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). The measure applies to both tourists and property owners in Bulgaria. “According to the tour operators, the Bulgarian consulate in Moscow has notified them of the temporary suspension of accepting documents for […]

A team of European scientists, led by French archaeologist François Desset, has managed to decipher one of the great mysteries: linear Elamite script – a little-known writing system used in present-day Iran, writes Smithsonian Magazine. The claim is hotly disputed by the researchers’ colleagues, but if true, then it could shed light on a little-known […]

During archaeological excavations, scientists unearthed the secret tomb of an ancient Egyptian general who led an army of foreign mercenaries. Archaeologists were disappointed to find that the sarcophagus had been opened and the Wahbire-merry-Neith mummy had been seized. Newsweek wrote about it (story was provided to Newsweek by Zenger News). The Egyptian general Wahbire-merry-Neith was […]