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What the ancient world can teach us about death
In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...
10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
The Garden of Pythia: Oracles and AI installation turn Greek landscape into living artwork
Greece's Delphi oracle is the inspiration behind an immersive art installation by data artist Charles Sandison that's aimed ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were scented, study finds
She made the discovery after immersing herself in the works of Roman writers like Cicero and inscriptions on ancient Greek temples. In Delos, Greece, temple inscriptions show that some statues ...
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A 2,200-Year-Old Lecture Hall That Was Part Of An Ancient Greek School Was Just Uncovered In Sicily
In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...
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A Greek Odyssey: Lost Ionian island theatre finally revealed in ancient Lefkada
After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...
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Meet Father Spyridon: A Greek monk in an ancient cliffside monastery keeps island life together
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...
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Western Looting of Greek Antiquities During the War of Independence
His private collection included glass and clay vases, relief tiles adorned with mythological scenes ... The Strangford Apollo is an ancient Greek sculpture of a nude boy, with the arms and lower legs ...
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The Only Ancient Greek Theater on the Ionian Islands Is Finally Unearthed
The researchers have also estimated that construction on the theater began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity. “Although damaged by time ...
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Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn't just have to be wives to make a difference
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They're standing side by side, but not touching.
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Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn’t just have to be wives to make a difference
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They’re standing side by side, but not ...
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Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient ... a funerary relief, the ...