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Scientists Found an 8,000-Year-Old Figurine in a Cave. Its Engravings Tell the Story of an Ancient Culture.
The archaeologists discovered the figurine in the Damjili Cave, which was first explored by archaeologists in 1953. Layers ...
Lost penis pendant found inside Roman wall in UK. See phallic good luck charm
Hadrian’s Wall — a 73-mile construction across northern Britain that marked the frontier of the Roman Empire — is no stranger to penis imagery. The nearly 2,000-year-old example of Roman engineering ...
Construction Workers Make Disturbing Discovery, Uncover Country's Dark Civil War History
Such was the case last month when construction workers in Greece discovered a civl war-era mass grave in the ancient Greek ...
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New Research Rules Out Philip II of Macedon as the Occupant of Vergina’s Tomb
A new study challenges the long-held belief that the tomb of Philip II of Macedon lies within the Great Tumulus at Vergina, ...
Bodies found in Greece mass grave had "bullets in the heads," officials say
Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late ...
Greece’s dark past is uncovered after 33 bodies are found in a civil war-era mass grave
Decades ago, the neighborhood park in Thessaloniki — a densely populated port city of a million with ruins from the ancient ...
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A Looted Greco-Roman Statue Goes on Display Before Its Return
After a months-long legal battle, the sculpture is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art ahead of its repatriation to Turkey, with newly added context about its provenance.
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How Pythagoras’ Teachings Caused Chaos When Applied to Governance in Ancient Greece
The attempt of the Pythagoreans to reshape society in Croton, Magna Graecia, through politics led to public backlash and ...