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A 300,000-year-old ancient Greek skull was neither human nor Neanderthal. It belonged to someone unexpected
A human skull hung on a cave wall in northern Greece for more than 300,000 years. When a villager spotted it in 1960, ...
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Ancient Greece built a machine too advanced for its time
Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...
According to legendary sources, Temenus is one of the most significant founding figures in the history of early Greece.
Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...
A rare set of Mycenaean boar’s tusk helmets, the distinctive Bronze Age headgear famously described in a Homeric epic, has reportedly been uncovered in southwestern Greece near Pylos. The find is ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
The Greek and Roman Galleries at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are a wonder of white marble, an astonishing acre of it – world-famous, flooded with light, statues clean and gleaming. So, ...
Modern society often romanticizes body art, yet for Ancient Greeks, tattoos were permanent badges of shame reserved for criminals.
The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?
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