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Ancient Greece

  • 30 Aug 2010 (0)

    Some of the most extraordinary remains of any Greek settlement still surviving to this day can be found in modern-day Libya.

  • Venus Braschi, a Roman variant of the Knidian Aphrodite, Munich Glyptothek.
    17 Aug 2010 (0)

    Around 330 BC, a Greek sculptor named Praxiteles was commissioned to create a sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite by the island of Kos.

  • Michael C. Scott
    3 Aug 2010 (0)

    Inventory lists may sound pretty boring, mundane and run of the mill. But the ancient Greeks liked their lists and one of the most interesting kinds of list was the inventory list.

  • Micheal C Scott
    26 Jul 2010 (0)

    Inventory lists may sound pretty boring, mundane and run of the mill. The ancient Greeks liked their lists and one of the most interesting kinds of list was the inventory list.

  • 15 Jun 2010 (0)

    The ancient historian Thucydides once wrote that "the greatest glory [of women] is to be least talked about among men, whether in praise or blame."

  • It all looks a lot safer on a vase
    26 May 2010 (0)

    Skull and cross bones ahoy!

  • Ancient runners
    28 Apr 2010 (0)

    Here in Britain, London is limbering up for its big marathon race on April 25.

  • The Oracle of Delphi
    15 Apr 2010 (0)

    The ancient Greek world was full of gods - gods who controlled the fate of mankind. In such an environment, it made sense for mortals to find out what the gods had in store.

  • Asclepius the father of spiritual medicine
    30 Mar 2010 (0)

    America has just voted through its biggest health-care reform in decades. But what was medical treatment like in ancient Greece?

  • Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy
    22 Mar 2010 (0)

    We are in an era of sandals and swords epic movies.

  • 1 Mar 2010 (0)

    The Cycladic Museum in Athens is currently hosting a new exhibition on Eros in the ancient world.

  • Cambridge Fellow, Michael C Scott
    16 Feb 2010 (1)

    When visiting Athens today, most tourists, for obvious reasons, head straight for the Parthenon.

  • 1 Feb 2010 (0)

    Ancient Greece's most famous export to this day is arguably democracy.

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