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 A reader of HoM kindly shared with us that some confused souls from FYROM are on great pains. They are struggling to discover "proofs" of Macedonians allegedly not being Greeks in New York Times archives of the early 20th century.
As a humanitarian gesture to FYROM's Slavs who are so frustrated to discover their real roots, ... Tags: bulgarians, delchev, greek macedonians, greeks, macedonia, new york times, sarafoff
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Macedonia - Ethnographic Map by Kiepert
Rare ethnographic map by the German cartographer, Heinrich Kiepert depicting Balkans.
(a) The ethnographic maps of the famous cartographer who was distinguished for the scientific value of his maps, depicts the region of Macedonia. as being inhabited primarily by Greeks and secondly by Bulgarians.
(b) neither Kiepert in his time knew ... Tags: bulgarians, ethonographic map, greeks, kiepert, macedonia, serbs, slavs
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Claudius Aelianus (ca. 175 – ca. 235) (Greek: Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός), often seen as just Aelian, born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus, who died in 222. He spoke Greek so perfectly that he was called "honey-tongued" (meliglossos); Roman-born, he preferred Greek authors, and ... Tags: alexander, barbarians, claudius aelianus, draius, greeks, macedonia
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Thessaloniki, Macedonia 1916 - A call for the Greek government from to take action against Bulgarians by a massive crowd of 30,000 Macedonians who gathered in Thessaloniki. The Macedonians, Proud of being Greeks had erected a big Greek flag. Similar public meetings against Bulgarians took place in other cities of Macedonia in Greece.
The public meeting of the thousand Macedonians was ... Tags: bulgarians, greeks, macedonia, photograph, thessaloniki
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 Dimitrios Salpigidis scored the first goal of PAOK Thessaloniki against Tottenham inside White Hart Lane. The Greek team from Macedonia passed to the next round of the Europa League.
MACEDONIA NEWS -- PAOK Thessaloniki shocked Tottenham by scoring twice in the first 13 minutes. Dimitris Salpingidis and Stefanos Athanasiadis scored for PAOK to give the Greeks from Macedonia ... Tags: europa league, greeks, macedonia, paok thessaloniki, tottenham hotspur
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MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis stated that "Makedonski" cannot be named "Macedonian" and ancient Macedonians spoke Greek and were ethnically Greek.
MEP Jorgo Chatzimarkakis issued an open letter in his Official Website where the German MP elaborated on his recent statement about speaking "Makedonski."
Among others, Mr Chatzimarkakis stated:
After the end of the meetings, i stated, as a representative of the European Commission, that there are signs from Brussels ... Tags: bulgarian dialects, chatzimarkakis, fyrom, greeks, macedonia, macedonian, skopje
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October 25, 2011
For the first time, on the week of September 15, 2011, Greek Americans remembered the Greek Genocide of 1914-1923 with memorial services on both the East and West Coast. On September 18th, the Asia Minor Holocaust Memorial Observance Committee, headed by Archon Bill Theodosakis, held their annual commemoration of the Greek Holocaust at ... Tags: east coast, greek americans, greeks, turkish genocide, west coast
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Pakistan: Kalash valley culture at risk from Taliban
From Guardian
Taliban violence in north-western Pakistan has reached Chitral, threatening the unique culture of the Kalash minority, many of whom claim to be related to Alexander the Great and his ancient Greek army.
The Kalash valley, in north-western Pakistan, is home to a tiny number of non-Muslims in Chitral. The ... Tags: Alexander the Great, greeks, kalash, kalasha, macedonia, Pakistan
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Typical residents of modern Skopje (FYROM) : two Albanians and a cop.
- Ancient Scupi (modern Skopje), initially a Paeonian settlement, was founded in early antiquity near Axios (Vardar). It became the Capital of ancient Dardania, hence it was not part of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
- Dardanians were racially, a totally unrelated people to ... Tags: Ancient Macedonia, bulgarians, byzantine, dardanians, fyrom, greeks, macedon, macedonia, macedonian, ottomans, skopje
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Nicholas Hammond, one of the world's top authorities on the ancient Macedonian history, stated the historical reality in Macedonia. Ancient Macedonians were a Greek Tribe and Skopje who was OUT of Macedonia should be named Paionia.
His interview in the magazine "Macedonian Echo" of February 1993:
(Q): Who were the Macedonians ?
(A): The name of the ... Tags: ancient macedonian origins, Greece, greeks, macedonia, nicholas hammond, Paionia, skopje
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