In ancient history, soldiers disarmed the bodies of their dead enemies, meaning they removed the sword, spear, and any tools of destruction from the now-dead enemy and he brought them home. The soldier affixed his spoils to the top of a long wooden pole. Why? At the victory celebration the […]

The Forum in Thessaloniki, Greece was the seat of the City Council, the seat of the politarches (πολιτάρχης.) During an excavation archeologists found the row of their seats, which had been buried underground, and today we can see the excavated row of seats under a glass floor at the Forum […]

The Ancient Greeks had three very special concepts in their approach to Divinity, all of them were daringly sacrilegious for a faithful Jew of the Old Testament. These three concepts were: All of these three concepts, being totally sacrilegious and disgusting for a faithful Jew of the Old Testament, are […]

The Macedonian language that some people claim that they speak today has nothing to do with Macedonian inscriptions. The language that the Macedonians used in antiquity, was not Slavic, but definitely, without any doubt, was Greek. Slavic Macedonians cannot name themselves as “The Macedonians.” Rather, they are “Slavic Macedonians.” Macedonians […]

Prior to 1887 a very specific term for The City Authorities had never been found inscribed anywhere. This caused doubt. But then, in the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, wan early inscription was found from 1 A.D. The Greek inscription, ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΑΡΧΑΙ, is important for Christian apologetics. ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΑΡΧΑΙ means “The City […]

The main theme at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece is classical history. Here we can see artifacts from the city of Thessaloniki, the area around it, and also the unit of the gold. You see the granulation, the little spheres: today we can reproduce this jewelry, but only by […]

At the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, we see the gold decoration of a diadem. The diadem is an athletic symbol (not a religious symbol like the wreath.) The diadem was a woolen ribbon. The gold decoration (the decoration of the diadem) is not the diadem itself. Look at the golden […]

At the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, let us look at the wreaths. Wreaths are religious symbols. Greek worshippers identified with their certain patron god in official presentations, not only for religious presentations, but also for social occasions, like weddings. On these occasions the worshippers dressed very well, of course, and […]