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Priceless artifacts returned to Ancient AgoraAthens, Greece - A poignant ceremony was held at the Ancient Athens Agora's Stoa of Attalus on Wednesday to mark the return of six priceless black-glazed ceremonial pottery pieces from the collection of eminent British scholar and philhellene Martin Robertson. |
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House Repairs Itself in EarthquakeUnidentifed Mountainside, Greece - A 'self-healing' house is under construction on a Greek mountainside. |
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13th century text hides words of ArchimedesBaltimore, Maryland, USA - The book cost $2 million at auction, but large sections are unreadable. |
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Mystery of Greek Amphitheater’s Amazing Sound Finally SolvedEpidaurus, Greece - Cut the chatter! |
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Oldest Perfumes Found on “Aphrodite’s Island”Rome, Italy - The world's oldest known perfumes have been found on the island reputed to be the birthplace of Aphrodite (the Greek goddess of love, lust, and beauty), Italian archaeologists announced last week. |
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Greek archaeologists discover ancient theater in AthensAthens, Greece - Sections of an ancient Greek theater were discovered on Thursday during construction work in an Athens suburb, archaeologists said. |
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Coin hints Cleopatra had good personalityLondon, England, UK - So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. |
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Dig in Athens reveals ancient treasuresAthens, Greece - Like many treasures from antiquity, they were chance finds, but a fabulous hoard of more than 50,000 pieces unearthed during excavations in Athens has also provided a window on the ancient civilisation of Greece. |
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Ancient Greek Computer’s Inner Workings DecipheredAntikythera Island, Greece - When it came to making cogs and gears, the ancient Greeks got there more than a millennium before anyone else, scientists say. |
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Greece reclaiming plundered heritageAthens, Greece - Greece vowed Thursday to reclaim the country's plundered heritage after two sculptures were returned by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. |
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