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What the ancient world can teach us about death
In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...
10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
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Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
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Ancient computer's gears may not have been able to turn
The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether ...
The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US … or a load of old claptrap?
China war inevitable? Perhaps that isn’t the lesson leaders should be taking from the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War.’ ...
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A 2,200-Year-Old Lecture Hall That Was Part Of An Ancient Greek School Was Just Uncovered In Sicily
In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...
Greek Reporter16d
Werewolves: The Ancient Greek Tale That Gave Birth to a Global Legend
Photo of ancient Greek amphora (c.460 BCE) depicting a man-wolf ... The involvement of a young athlete—the boxer Damarchus—in the Arcadian sacrifice of an adolescent boy is also a legend about a ...
Associated Press16d
Meet Father Spyridon: A Greek monk in an ancient cliffside monastery keeps island life together
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...
Greek Reporter17d
On This Day in 1896 the First Modern Olympic Games Began in Athens
Athens was chosen to honor the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games ... every participant was European or a resident of Europe. Among the athletes competing, Greeks made up over 65 percent. Silver ...
Indiatimes17d
6 wonders of the ancient world that disappeared from the world; were they real or just a myth?
Many ancient writers, including the renowned Greek historian Herodotus, have penned down and described these marvels in detail. Today, they are collectively known as the "Seven Wonders of the ...
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The Only Ancient Greek Theater on the Ionian Islands Is Finally Unearthed
Perched on a hillside on Lefkada, an island off the west coast of Greece, the structure has been ... began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity.