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Divers exploring ancient Greek shipwreck find statue fragments, retrieve pieces of wreckage
Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...
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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also Perfumed
For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless ... Some were even perfumed, ...
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Inside The Myth Of Arachne, The Talented Weaver Who Is Turned Into A Spider By The Goddess Athena
According to Greek myth, the origin of spiders can be traced back to a talented weaver named Arachne, whose tapestries were ...
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Aletes: The Descendant of Hercules Who Claimed the Ancient Greek City of Corinth
Aletes was Hercules’ descendant who seized the ancient Greek city of Corinth. His name evolved into a modern term for "outlaw ...
Greek and Roman nymphs weren’t just sexy nature spirits. They had other important jobs too
Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...
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Exploring South Korea’s Greek Mythology Museum
The island of Jeju in South Korea is home to the Greek Mythology Museum where visitors can immerse themselves in the world of ...
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'Gaia Awakens' envisions an alternative to the planet's 'catastrophic momentum'
In ancient Greek mythology, Gaia personifies Mother Earth. “Gaia Awakens” is the title of Michael Gray’s new novel, which ...
7 must-visit ancient sites everyone should see
From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...
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Ancient Inscriptions Shed New Light on Who Built Egypt’s Great Pyramid
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Egypt has revealed fresh evidence about the workforce behind the construction of ...
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'Titan Quest II' Introduces Custom Ashstalker Class - Screens & Trailer
Titan Quest II is an Action/RPG where players will be immersed in the mythological realm of ancient Greece, facing unimaginable challenges, striving for exquisite loot, and combining different ...
Ancient shipwreck hid dozens of treasures — until now. See the finds in Greece
Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...
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The fierce Amazons were more than just a myth—they were real
Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...