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Greek City Times2h
A Turning Point in Greek History: Remembering Mantinea, July 4th, 362 BC
BC, dawned heavy with the anticipation of battle. On the plains of Mantinea, the fate of the Greek world hung in the balance.
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 ...
Greek Reporter7h
Dioscorides: The Ancient Greek Father of Pharmacology and De Materia Medica
The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...
Smithsonian Magazine8h
Four Bewildering Bronze Lions’ Heads With Slightly Different Facial Expressions Found in Ancient Roman Grave in Israel
Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...
Greek Reporter16h
Major Discoveries Unveil Late Bronze Age Secrets in Cyprus
Cyprus announced that excavations at the site of Pyla-Kokkinokremos made significant strides in understanding the Bronze age ...
National Geographic news20h
The Real Amazons: Separating Fact from Fiction | National Geographic
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 ...