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The Stele of the Twin Babies: A Rare Glimpse into Ancient Greek Funerary Art
The only surviving funerary relief of the ancient Greek world depicting twin babies in the same arms was unveiled in Athens.
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‘The Voyage Home’ gives new blood to an ancient tale
Consider that Western literature begins, in part, with a Greek epic about Odysseus’s ... the victorious warrior returned with Cassandra, a Trojan concubine, at his side. The welcome committee ...
Greek City Times5d
Greek Mythology Frescoes Unearthed in Pompeii After 2,000 Years
In a rare discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved house in ancient Pompeii adorned ... frescoes showcase other Greek tales: Apollo, the god of prophecy and music, is seen ...
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Assassin's Creed games in order, by release and story timeline
and sees us take control of either Cassandra or Alexios (the other is the antagonist) in Ancient Greece — during the Peloponnesian War between 431-422 BC. The conclusion of Layla Hassan’s ...
UNITED24 Media12d
Blind Minstrels—Kobzars—Once Guarded Ukraine’s History. They Still Do
In Ukraine, the kobzar tradition endures with musicians preserving centuries-old cultural heritage while adapting to modern ...
In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
ABC News13d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago ...
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Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast ... One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek ...