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Green Gospels: Environmental movement aims for religious mainstreamAthens, Greece - More than a decade ago on an Aegean island, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians made a startling proposition: That pollution and other attacks on the environment could be considered sins. |
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Holland America ship rescues 22Aegean Sea - A Carnival Corp. & PLC cruise ship on early Tuesday rescued 22 people from the Aegean Sea in waters between Turkey and Greece, the cruise company's Holland America line reported. |
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Technology allows researchers new views of Europe’s oldest manuscriptAthens, Greece - The burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman might help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religion - using new digital technology. |
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Fisherman Nets Ancient Statue in GreeceAthens, Greece - A Greek fisherman has handed over to authorities a large section of an ancient bronze statue brought up in his nets in the Aegean Sea, officials said on Monday. |
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Olive Branch Buried by Volcano Revises HistoryIsland of Thera, Greece - The discovery of an olive branch buried in volcanic ash for centuries is helping scientists pinpoint the date of one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years. |
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Ancient wall was ‘made to honour Alexander’Dion, Greece - Greek archaeologists excavating an ancient Macedonian city in the foothills of Mount Olympus have uncovered a 2 600-metre defensive wall whose design was "inspired by the glories of Alexander the Great", the site supervisor said on Thursday. |
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Greeks find largest Macedonian tomb of noblesPella, Greece - Greek archaeologists said on Sunday they had discovered the largest underground tomb in Greek antiquity in the ancient city of Pella in northern Greece, birthplace of Alexander the Great. |
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Ithaca findings hailed a major discoveryKefallonia, Greek Islands - The storm of scientific and popular interest surrounding the alleged discovery of Homer's Ithaca looks set to continue after Discover magazine declared it one of the most important scientific events of 2005. |
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Greek Shipwreck from 350 BC RevealedEastern Aegean Sea - The remains of an ancient Greek cargo ship that sank more than 2,300 years ago have been uncovered with a deep-sea robot, archaeologists announced today. |
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First flame lit for Torino OlympicsAncient Olympia, Greece - After days of rain, the clouds parted Saturday over the birthplace of the Olympics to let the sunlight kindle a flame for the Torino Winter Games. |
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