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The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new ...

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Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

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It supplements the comprehensive historical narrative in Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to ... rather than a victory in Cyprus because it forced the ...

Inventions occasionally paint a very different picture of our ancient world. Ancient inventions can be groundbreaking. They give us more insight into past cultures, people, and technology.

His eye fell on a chapter concerning ancient Cyprus and copper. Months later, with the backing of Colonel Seeley Mudd and Philip Wiseman, Gunther began the long and finally successful search for ...

A map showing the extent of the Doric Greek dialects. Credit: Hans van Deukeren, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 4.0 The Doric Greek dialect was a very important dialect of Ancient Greek, spoken primarily ...

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) A man points to Cyprus’ Commandaria region on an ancient map of the east Mediterranean island, where the famed wine originates, at Doros village on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Praised by the ancient Greek giants Homer and Euripides for its superb quality nearly 3,000 years ago, Cyprus’ Commandaria is the world’s oldest recorded and named wine. Despite ...