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Circe, the Enchantress of Greek Mythology, as Depicted in Paintings
In Homer’s Odyssey, the episode of the witch Circe is one of the most deliciously intriguing of the epic. She is often ...
Milky Way's 'Dark River' Discovered in Ancient Egyptian Art
An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel13d
Dozens of ancient artifacts seized in Greek island smuggling raid
and a marble sculpture believed to depict a child’s head. All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service.
Discovered by chance, a mass grave revives memories of Greece's brutal civil war
Civil engineer Ηaris Charismiadis leads the redevelopment of a square that uncovered mass graves with remains believed to be ...
Scientists Just Found the First Evidence of the Milky Way on an Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus
An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...
THE WEEK21d
Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture From the Torlonia Collection
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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 ...