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Alexander’s Legacy: The Ptolemaic Era of Greek Rule in Egypt
When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...
10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
Greek Reporter10d
The Mysterious Substance That Flowed Through the Veins of the Greek Gods
You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...
Daily Express14d
The world’s largest £330 million statue partly funded by British taxpayers
The world's largest statue, which stands nearly 600 feet tall, is located on Sadhu Bet Island in the Narmada River in the town of Kevadia, Gujarat, India. When first unveiled in 2010, it was ...
The Tab15d
The White Lotus season three’s hottest characters ranked from ‘Wait, who?’ to ‘Greek God, hello’
There are two things that every season of The White Lotus guarantees: Luxury travel and a cast so unhinged and unreasonably attractive that you start questioning your life choices. Season three ...
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Prolific Pavlidis makes history at Benfica: ‘It was the night of the Greek God’
Record wrote that Porto rolled out a ‘blue carpet’ for the ‘deadly Eagles’: ‘It was the night of the Greek God.’ Following this deity-like performance, Pavlidis told Sport TV afterwards: “It was a ...
Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the nearly ...
CBS News23d
Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
The statues were found in the southern half of ... In February, paintings depicting Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, were discovered. The images were painted on the walls of a large banquet ...