Greek Reporter5h
On This Day in 1896 the First Modern Olympic Games Began in Athens
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...
Indian Defence Review2d
First-Ever Ancient Greek Theater Discovered in Lefkada, Ionian Islands
A groundbreaking discovery in Lefkada has unveiled the first-ever ancient Greek theater in the Ionian Islands, shedding light ...
Greek Reporter8d
Six Glorious Ancient Greeks Who Had an Inglorious End
Ancient Greek history is full of men who left their own mark for their military genius, bravery, artistic greatness, and ...
Pagosa Daily Post9dOpinion
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Speaking of Pigs, and Democracy, Part Two
Madison, credited with the phrase “tyranny of the majority”, went on to explain that the principal danger inherent in ...
The Washington Post16d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — New York’s Metropolitan Museum ... “We are grateful for our long-standing partnership with the Greek government and look forward to continued engagement and cultural exchange ...
WTOP News16d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest ...
ABC News17d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has ...
Smithsonian Magazine18d
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology. Cecilie ...
Al Jazeera English18d
Indonesia passes law allowing greater military role in government
Indonesia’s parliament has ratified a contentious law allowing members of the military to hold more government roles, despite criticisms that it could expand the armed forces’ role in civilian ...
Smithsonian Magazine19d
4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...