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The Ancient Greek Roots of Winter Solstice Rituals

Ancient Greek winter solstice festivals such as Haloa and Poseidon’s month blended astronomy, fertility rites, and the divine ...
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What Was Winter in Ancient Greece Like?

The Ancient Greek winter revolved around Hestia’s hearth and the city’s sacred flame, signifying the importance of fire in ...

What the Seven Ancient Wonders would look like now

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...
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Visiting the Agora of Ancient Athens, Greece

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A beginner’s guide to Ancient Greek tragedy

Performed in the annual Dionysia festivals, tragic drama was a central tradition of Ancient Greece, a method of both ...
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Ancient greek heritage in (early modern) Europe

The fascination with Greek culture can be traced to the early modern period, from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. During this era, European scholars – and later educated elites and a ...

Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...
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Archaeologists Discover 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Pleasure Boat That May Have Once Made Luxurious Voyages Along the Nile

Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a ...