Olympics then and now
- Asher Smith - Emory Wheel
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- March 02, 2010
Cynthia Patterson is a professor in the department of history who specializes in Greek civilization.
1) Aside from the lack of nudity, what would ancient Greek audiences find most confusing about o...
Music and politics color Greek pilgrimage to Trebizond
- BBC News
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- January 30, 2010
The Ottoman empire was home to many nationalities and religions - a cultural mosaic that was splintered by nationalism and war in the 20th Century. But a new spirit of tolerance may be emerging in mod...
Ancient Greek temple found in Alexandria
CAIRO — Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said ...
Evzones: Greece's Historic Pres. Guard
- ANA- MPA
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- January 13, 2010
The Evzones (Presidential Guard) have a history that stretches over more than a century. The Presidential Guard was founded on 12 December 1868 as a combatant and at the same time ceremonial force. Gr...
Words of Wisdom: Who were the Greek Tragedians?
- Michael Hickey - maconews.com
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- December 12, 2009
Greek drama began as a religious observance in honor of the Greek god, Dionysus, who signified both spring and vintage. Greek drama was, in many ways, much simpler than modern drama, in that there wer...
In the Mediterranean, killer tsunamis from an ancient eruption
- William J. Broad - The NY Times
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- November 03, 2009
The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that i...
Papandreou's Victory Keeps Family Tradition Intact
This undated file photo provided by the Andreas G. Papandreou foundation shows Greek Socialist leader George Papandreou as a young boy posing together with his late father Andreas, right, and grandfat
German museum man says Alexander the Great was mainly Greek
- Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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- October 02, 2009
Mannheim, Germany - The head of a German museum which is set to show an exhibition about Alexander the Great weighed into a dispute between Skopje and Athens on Friday, saying the ancient leader had b...
Greek dig unearths Neolithic household gear
ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ A 6,000 year-old set of household gear, including crockery and two wood-fired ovens, has been found in the buried ruins of a prehistoric farmhouse in northern Greece, officials s...
Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) _ Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday.
Daniela ...
2,100-year-old gadget tracked Olympics
ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ An astronomical calculator considered a technological marvel of antiquity was also used to track dates of the ancient Olympic games, researchers said in a report Thursday.
The...
Alexander the Great's "Crown," Shield Discovered?
Sara Goudarzi
for National Geographic News
An ancient Greek tomb thought to have held the body of Alexander the Great's father is actually that of Alexander's half brother, researchers say.
Thi...
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