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| Did you know |
| Golden Mask Alike the Trebenista Ones Excvated |
30 September 2002 Sensational Finding at Samoil Fortress. This is an epochal discovery for the Macedonian, Balkan and European archaeology since it sheds additional scientific light to the widely famous Trebenista necropolis near Ohrid.
The tomb and all the items found in there date back to 5th B.C. pointing to the oldest burial within the Lichnidos necropolis... |
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| The Rosetta Stone third language |
 Discovered in Egypt in 1799, the writings on the Rosetta Stone date to 196 B.C. The text is transcribed in three languages, and the stone is considered a critical key to deciphering ancient script, especially the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Just last month Macedonian scholars Boshevski and Tentov said that the third language on the stone was Macedonian, and not a form of ancient Egyptian known as Demotic, as had been thought. |
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| Macedonian Stonehenge in the village Kokino |
 by Kumanovo, in the region of Taticev Kamen the only megalithic observatory in the Balkans was discovered. The observatory is one of a kind. The locality is called Macedonian Stonehenge. This structure served to researches of the Sun and the Moon; it was built on Vulcan rocks, on a hill 1.013 meters above the sea level. It was confirmed that this location is from 1.815 B.C. The Kokino observatory was approximately built about 4.000 years ago. |
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| Macedonian Mardi Gras |
If you missed New Orleans and Rio, you can still visit a place where orgies and revelry are part of the annual calendar, but about a month later, when Eastern Orthodox church calendars mark the onset of Lenten fasting.
A delightful small city in Macedonia, Strumica, is celebrating Fat Tuesday on March 15, 2005.People clad in traditional costumes and grotesquely long face masks parade the streets making music and merriment. Toward evening they abandon goodhearted pillaging of city streets to hunker down in the homes of their fiancees, where more fun and music persists until about dawn.Strumica has more to offer than just parades and merrymaking. Close by are spectacularly beautiful canyons and cataracts. Food and wine is generously and inexpensively available in many restaurants around this gem of a city. |
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| A Church for Every Day of the Year |
If you really want a lot of that “old time religion”, be sure to visit Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. Legend has it that in Ohrid there were 365 churches dating from the 4th century A.D. and onwards
Lake Ohrid is Macedonia’s largest lake and one of Europe’s deepest. Most experts also believe that the lake is also Europe’s oldest, formed by tectonic forces two or three million years ago.Lake Ohrid is a popular resort for world travelers, not only because of its beauty, but also because it has so many interesting cultural and historical attractions. A recently restored Roman amphitheatre, once used for entertaining audiences with human gladiators being munched on by lions, now features great acoustics for Lake Ohrid’s three-month long series of music festivals ranging from classical to jazz. Lake Ohrid trout could possibly be the world’s most prized freshwater culinary treat. A featured entree on virtually every Macedonian menu, it is prepared traditionally with fine sauces and very disciplined timing.Getting to Lake Ohrid from Skopje is an easy two hour drive or you can fly there from Slovenia, Vienna and Holland. |
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A Place Called “Womb”
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Matka is a small community just outside Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Matka is also the Macedonian word for “womb.” A lovely convent near the Tresca River Canyon – dramatically cleaving granite cliffs – is named for Mary, mother of Jesus, and is dedicated to mothers “from whom all human life flows.”
Matka’s treasured beauty is only minutes away from the bustling capital city of Skopje, and yet it offers such treats as native flora, 20% of which is found nowhere else on earth. Butterflies endemic to the Balkan area number 77 different species, and 18 other species not previously known to science inhabit the area.
Both Skopje’s citizens and tourists find recreation and peace in this lovely area. Fishing, hunting, kayaking and swimming are available and for intrepid climbers are caves up the sides of the cliffs above the Tresca Dam, built in only 60 days in 1936, using a half-circle arc-shaped construction. Many worried that the dam could not hold back the fast-moving river, but it has not only survived; it remains a great engineering achievement. |
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