Greek Reporter4 天
The Sacred Springs and Rivers of Ancient Greece
Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...
Smell like a god: Ancient sculptures were scented, Danish study shows
Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish ...
Greek Reporter4 天
The Time When Ancient Greek Was Just a Cluster of Dialects
The ancient Greek language did not have a single set of undebatable rules. Rather, it was comprised of several dialects depending on the region of the Greek world at the time. Each one of these ...
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Ancient sculptures were scented, study shows
COPENHAGEN: Science has already proven that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were often painted in warm colours, and now a Danish study has revealed that some were also perfumed.
What if the Seven Wonders had survived? Here’s how they would look in 2025
The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency4 天
Greek-Jewish archives return home nearly 80 years after they were looted by the Nazis
During the spring and summer months of 1943, almost all of Thessaloniki’s Jews were deported to Auschwitz, where most perished. “For the Greek Jewry these archives bring light to its ...
Numismatic News4 天
Weighing History
Coin weights were the pocket-sized guardians of fair trade. Before modern banking, coin weights ensured fair transactions and ...
The Straits Times4 天
Greek lawmaker attacks paintings he said were offensive to Christians
ATHENS - A far-right Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition at the country's National Gallery on Monday, the gallery said, after he had described one as offensive because of its ...
Reuters4 天
Greek lawmaker attacks paintings he said were offensive to Christians
ATHENS, March 10 (Reuters) - A far-right Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition at the country's National Gallery on Monday, the gallery said, after he had described one as ...
Ta Nea2 天
The Five Andrianopoulos Brothers Were Actually… Seven
Andrianopoulos was the father of the legendary “Five brothers”, who were protagonists in Greece’s football world in the 1920s ...
Overlooked mystery boxes and 166-million-year-old creatures: See latest discoveries
On the Isle of Skye in Scotland, researchers extracted fossils from a cliff, revealing a 166-million-year-old ornithopod dinosaur. The bones, initially discovered in the 1970s, were part of a ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency4 天
TikToker arrested for ripping down NJ restaurant’s Greek flags she thought were Israeli
Amber Matthews accosted the staff of Efi’s Gyro back in March, but was only caught after posting the video this month. A 23-year-old woman has been arrested after she posted on social media ...