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  1. Linking the Planets and Human Life: Venus Calendars Helped Track Pregnancy in Neolithic Greece

    ... ‘frying pans’ left by people who lived in Neolithic Greece. These objects have decorations of concentric circles, ... suggests that the Neolithic people living in what is now Greece realized that the Earth takes 365 days to make a ... for this photogenic severe storm going off Samos Island in Greece on 10/21/2015. (Manolis Thravalos/ CC BY SA 4.0 ) ...

    johnblack - 31/08/2017 - 02:00

  2. Archaeologists Explore Incredible Ancient City in Supposed Backwater Region of Greece

    ... a previously unexplored 2,500-year-old city in Thessaly, Greece. Their findings are beginning to change the way ... scientists from the Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa (Greece), the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and the ... Thessaly was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 15/12/2016 - 01:00

  3. Taraxippus, the Terrifying Horse Scarer: Apparition Appeared Across Racetracks in Ancient Greece

    ... with, or killed by, horses, appeared at racetracks across Greece, and were propitiated with sacrifices. Greek ... Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece, classicist Sarah Iles Johnston noted that the ... The Taraxippus at Elis wasn’t the only horsy ghost in Greece. Another tomb-slash-dirt mound honoring a fallen man ...

    Carly Silver - 29/12/2016 - 00:48

  4. The Arch and Rotunda, Remains of a Vast Palace Complex Built by Galerius

    ... sun worshipers and historians can agree on is that Greece has more than a little of something for everyone. ... sun worshipers and historians can agree on is that Greece has more than a little of something for everyone. ... co-emperor of the Roman Empire and made Thessaloniki in Greece his capital. Rotunda of Galerius with minaret, ...

    Ed Whelan - 03/06/2020 - 02:02

  5. The Ancient Origins Of Modern Greece

    ... Turks had been in power in the region since 1457 and Greece as an independent country only came into being in ... much the creation of those Great Powers – a romanticized Greece indissolubly bound to its Classical past. First ... approximately. The earliest evidence for humans living in Greece goes back to the Lower Palaeolithic era, when ...

    Robert Garland - 02/01/2024 - 15:16

  6. From Ancient Mystery School to Culture Capital: Eleusis’ Secret Past is Recognized

    The ancient city of Eleusis in Greece was the site of one of the most mysterious and revered religious rites of ancient Greece, the Eleusinian Mysteries.  The ancient city of Eleusis in Greece was the site of one of the most mysterious and revered ...

    ashley cowie - 04/03/2023 - 17:55

  7. Prostitution, One of History’s Oldest Professions!

    ... (Neil Howard / CC BY NC 2.0 ) Prostitution in Ancient Greece The Greek word for a prostitute is porne, which is derived from the Greek word to sell, pernemi . Ancient Greece had a thriving sex trade, in which both men and women ... by Franciszek Żmurko, 1906. Prostitution in ancient Greece has similarities and differences with the sex work ...

    Robbie Mitchell - 03/12/2022 - 17:59

  8. Shipping Blackspot: Largest Find of Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Intensifies

    In Greece, marine archaeologists have made an unprecedented ... largest such find in the history of the Mediterranean. In Greece, marine archaeologists have made an unprecedented ... archipelago in the Aegean Sea include vessels from Ancient Greece right up to modern times. Experts suspect that those ...

    Ed Whelan - 13/10/2018 - 02:02

  9. The Mysterious Riace Warriors: From Greece To Italy To Discovery

    ... a number of reasons. For one, bronze statues from ancient Greece are rare, since these works of art were often melted ... Seven Against Thebes . Ancient Greek theater in Argos, Greece where archaeologists believe the Riace Warrior bronze ... ended up in Italy. ( Christopher / Adobe Stock) Made In Greece And Then Either Stolen Or Brought To Italy By ...

    dhwty - 13/11/2020 - 21:25

  10. 2,400-Year-Old Healing Temple dedicated to Asclepius, God of Healing, Excavated in Greece

    Archaeologists in Greece excavated an ancient healing temple in the acropolis ... were approximately 320 Asclepions (hospitals) in Ancient Greece. Disease was considered a result of multiple social, ... relief of Asclepius and his daughter Hygieia. From Therme, Greece, end of the 5th century BC. Istanbul Archaeological ...

    Joanna Gillan - 21/09/2018 - 04:25

  11. Earthquake Faults May Have Shaken up the Cultural Practices of Ancient Greece

    ... of active faults and ancient cities in parts of Greece and western Turkey might not seem unduly surprising ... "I am not saying that every sacred site in ancient Greece was built on a fault line. But while our association ... ( Public Domain ) Drawing of the Tholos of Delphi, Greece. ( Public Domain ) The article, originally titled ‘ ...

    ancient-origins - 14/09/2017 - 22:58

  12. Wearing Skirts Was Considered Manly in Ancient Greece

    ... twists in the realm of masculinity comes from ancient Greece – a time when wearing skirts was not just ... of unparalleled manliness. The Skirted Spartans In ancient Greece, particularly during the archaic and classical periods ... for skirts also had deep cultural roots. In ancient Greece, the human form was celebrated, and clothing was often ...

    Joanna Gillan - 20/08/2023 - 22:55

  13. Saffron: Tracing the Origins of a Treasured Ancient Spice

    ... to have traced the evolution of the plant back to ancient Greece. The Origins of Saffron are Finally Found! Saffron has ... been debated in the past, with Iran, Mesopotamia , and Greece all suggested as the possible homeland, a new study ... that the plant was first domesticated in Bronze Age Greece, around 1700 BC or earlier. The researchers write in ...

    dhwty - 12/03/2022 - 00:20

  14. From Ancient Greece to Now: the Bravado of Athletes Transcends Centuries

    ... in a  partially real and partially imaginary ancient Greece . Similarly, the literary and documentary records from ... epigrams ( poems inscribed on stone) remain from ancient Greece. Many of these leverage the proclamation, and many ... statue. And I declare that I alone / of women from all of Greece seized this crown.” Kyniska’s epigram focuses on ...

    ancient-origins - 01/02/2024 - 23:54

  15. Forensic Scientists in Greece Have Recreated the Face of a 9,000-Year-Old Female Teenager

    ... considered the dawn of civilization. When Avgi lived in Greece, at the end of the Mesolithic period around 7000 BC, ... Shady Secrets of Charon's Obols: Spirit Coins of Ancient Greece The reconstructed face includes prominent cheek bones, ... back in 1993 at Theopetra cave, a site in central Greece which has been occupied continuously for almost ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 22/01/2018 - 22:56

  16. The Megalithic Mystery of the Greek Dragon Houses

    ... and, of course, the Parthenon. When one considers ancient Greece, these are only a few of the topics that usually ... and, of course, the Parthenon. When one considers ancient Greece, these are only a few of the topics that usually ... Houses Likely dating to the Preclassical period of ancient Greece, the dragon houses of Euboea are among the mysteries ...

    Riley Winters - 07/10/2020 - 20:08

  17. Does the Greatest Macedonian Rest In the Royal Necropolis at Aigai?

    ... as Vergina) is an archaeological site situated in northern Greece, not far from the city of Thessaloniki. This was the ... as Vergina) is an archaeological site situated in northern Greece, not far from the city of Thessaloniki . This was the ... the southwest of Thessaloniki, the second largest city of Greece. The Archaeological Site of Aigai The archaeological ...

    dhwty - 11/06/2019 - 14:02

  18. Thebes, A City Formed by The Warriors Who Sprang from a Dragon’s Teeth

    ... Thebes was one of the leading city states of ancient Greece. During the 6 th century BC, for instance, the ... beginning of Thebes’ revival as a pre-eminent power in Greece. Epaminondas, the general who led the Thebans to ... seized the opportunity to make themselves masters of Greece. Philip II of Macedon and the Rise of Alexander the ...

    dhwty - 16/02/2021 - 21:57

  19. Ancient Hippocratic Surgery Found In The ‘Golden’ Jaw Of A Greek Warrior

    ... of a decapitated 13th-century warrior were discovered in Greece in the 1990s. Now, his unique “gold-threaded jaw” ... ancient surgery secrets from 5th-century-BC Thracian Greece. The remains of a decapitated 13th-century warrior were discovered in Greece in the 1990s. Now, his unique “gold-threaded jaw” ...

    ashley cowie - 30/09/2021 - 22:55

  20. Pelasgos and The Mysterious Pelasgians of the Aegean

    Pelasgos was a mythical ruler of ancient Greece. He is said to have been the progenitor of the ... about them.  Pelasgos was a mythical ruler of ancient Greece . He is said to have been the progenitor of the ... that the Pelasgians were the oldest inhabitants of Greece, though they were not considered to be Greeks ...

    dhwty - 15/12/2019 - 13:59

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