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2 days ago

Turkey and Armenia: When will the border crossings open?

The handshake between Nikol Pashinyan and Recep Tayyip Erdogan represents a historic moment, as it is the first time an Armenian leader has visited Turkey.
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2 weeks ago

Thessaloniki: Remembering the 'Jerusalem of the Balkans'

Thessaloniki's Jewish community was nearly annihilated during the Holocaust, with around 48,000 deported to Auschwitz from 1943.
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3 weeks ago

Mosaics from early Christian churches found in Albania

Berat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its unique historic downtown characterized by 18th and 19th century Ottoman structures and urban design, but human presence in the area goes back to the 4th/3rd millennium B.C. and there is evidence of an urban settlement in Berat defined by defensive walls dating to the 7th-6th century B.C.
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3 weeks ago

Cultural Heritage Sites in the Middle East Damaged as War Strikes Historic Urban Areas

US-Israeli military attacks on Iran in February 2026 initiated a new Middle East conflict zone, joining multiple global armed conflicts causing widespread destruction of cultural and infrastructure assets.
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2 months ago

Sealed bronze medieval reliquary found in Turkey

An intact sealed bronze reliquary cross from 9th–11th century Lystra was found containing shroud-like textile and designed to be worn as a pendant.
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