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Ancient Egypt Meets the 21st Century at the New Grand Egyptian Museum
Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...
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Paul Christesen Gives Lecture on Origins of Ancient Greek Athletic Nudity
The classics department hosted Dartmouth College’s Professor Paul Christesen to present his research into the origins and ...
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This Ancient Egyptian Statue Of Ramesses II Is 3,300-Years-Old And Said To Have Inspired The Famous Poem Ozymandias By Percy Shelley
About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...
Historians Got It Wrong: New DNA Evidence From Pompeii Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Ancient Rome
New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...
Horns Aplenty: The Ancient Greek Origins of the Cornucopia
Today the symbol may seem as American as, well, Thanksgiving—but it didn’t start out that way.Baby Zeus’s Big BreakIn Greek ...
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Ancient Greek Renaissance Rewrite: “Dark Age” Shorter, Cultural Rise Earlier Than Thought
A groundbreaking discovery is rewriting the history of ancient Greece. New research suggests the cultural rise after the ...
Greek Reporter4d
The Seven Wisest Men According to the Ancient Greeks
The ancient Greeks we admire today regarded these seven men as the wisest of their time. They attributed to them not only the ...
Greek Reporter5d
Greek Runners Dominate Athens Authentic Marathon
Greek runners Charalampos Pitsolis and Stamatia Noula won the 39th “Athens Marathon, the Authentic” (AMA), which took place ...
10 Novels Based on Greek Myths You’ll Love—From Hades to Ariadne!
From epic journeys to powerful characters, Greek mythology has fascinated audiences and readers for centuries. With ancient ...