Greece Unveils Tomb Possibly Tied to Alexander the Great
Greece has revealed the interior of a massive 2,349-year-old tomb at Amphipolis that archaeologists believe may be connected to Alexander the Great or someone…
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From Ancient Delos to the Arctic: Places Where Birth and Death Are Banned
There are places on earth where the most basic human events, being born and dying, are simply not allowed to happen. Some of these bans are ancient and sacred…
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Ancient Greek: The Language That Built Western Civilization
Long before Latin, French, or English shaped how the West thinks, Ancient Greek laid the foundation. The words democracy, ethos, logos, and rhetoric all come…
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2,000-Year-Old Theater Rewrites History of Roman Architecture
A new study has found that the ancient Theater of Teos, built in what is now western Turkey, used a far more sophisticated audience management system than…
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The World’s First Computer Was Greek. Built 2,000 Years Ago
The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, built by ancient Greek engineers around 100 BCE and recovered from a Roman-era…
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Xi Invokes the Thucydides Trap at Trump Summit in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened his high-stakes summit with Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday by asking whether the two superpowers could avoid the…
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Archaeologists Find Odysseus’ Name Carved in Stone on Ithaca
Archaeologists excavating the northern coast of Ithaca have uncovered inscriptions bearing the name of Odysseus himself, adding serious weight to the island’s…
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Musk: “Shame on Chris Nolan for Desecrating Homer”
Elon Musk publicly attacked Christopher Nolan on X this week, accusing the director of ruining Homer’s legacy by casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in his…
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Nolan Fires Back at Critics of Travis Scott and the Dark Armor in The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan is defending his creative choices for “The Odyssey” after the film’s early promotional material triggered a wave of online criticism, and his…
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2,300-Year-Old Greek Theater Reopens After 21 Centuries
An ancient Greek theater that has sat in silence for over two millennia just reopened to visitors. The theater of Kassope, built in the 3rd century BC in…
