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Leaps of fate: See how people of the past attempted to predict the future
Spiders, parchment, bone and complex math were among the methods ancient cultures used. What drives this need? Who are the soothsayers in our midst today?
Goats, gorges and Greek hospitality on a hiking adventure in Zagori
The footpaths that link the isolated mountain settlements of Zagori offer some of the most spectacular hiking in the whole of ...
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The Ancient Greek Scholar Who Shaped the Way We Organize Knowledge
Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...
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2,000 Years Before Modern Technology, the Greeks Had Built the World’s First Computer (So Advanced That It Still Baffles Scientists)
Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic ...
Archaeologists Dug Under an Ancient Greek City—and Found a 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Settlement
On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...
How to Evade Taxes in Ancient Rome? A 1,900-Year-Old Papyrus Offers a Guide.
A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...
Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient
The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...
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Who Were the Cimmerians of Greek Mythology?
Were the Cimmerians of Greek mythology, most famously appearing in Homer's Odyssey, the same culture as the Cimmerians of ...
6 wonders of the ancient world that disappeared from the world; were they real or just a myth?
The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...
In search of Greece's once-great Jewish city
Once home to a thriving Jewish majority, Thessaloniki holds fragments of a lost world. One traveller's journey to find them ...
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History of the Death Penalty
As far back as the Ancient Laws of China ... [1] The most notorious death execution in BC was about 399 BC when the Greek philosopher Socrates was required to drink poison for heresy and ...
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Ancient Egypt: Facts about the ancient civilization known for its pyramids, mummies and pharaohs
Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a pharaoh and worshipped many different gods. Today, we can still see traces of this culture in archaeological sites and museums all over the world ...