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Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
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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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What is the ancient Egyptian 'Eye of Horus' — and why is it found in so many burials?
According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...
Ancient DNA challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization
The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...
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9 Myths About the Greek Goddess Demeter
Demeter was one of the twelve Olympian gods believed by the ancient Greeks to rule over the cosmos. She was the sister of Zeus and patron goddess of agriculture. She was commonly depicted wearing a ...
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Dionysus, the Astonishingly Modern Olympian God
The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...
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Where Was the Entrance to Hades in Greek Mythology?
The ancient Greeks associated the entrance to Hades with a real-life location in ancient Greece. Where was this place?