Alexander the Great’s Hidden Army Had Doctors, Philosophers, and Spies
Everyone remembers the cavalry charges and the siege towers. Far fewer know about the other army that marched behind Alexander the Great, one made up of…
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A Greek Spearfisher Stumbled on a 2,400-Year-Old Shipwreck Off Andros
A Greek spearfisherman discovered a 2,400-year-old shipwreck off the island of Andros in 2018, and archaeologists confirmed this summer it is one of the most…
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Greece Is Restoring a Roman Theater Built After the Battle of Actium
Greece is restoring the lower seating section of the Great Theater at Ancient Nicopolis, one of the most significant Roman monuments in the country. The…
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Homer’s Loyal Dog Waited 20 Years. Then Died.
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film has put Homer back at the center of global conversation, but one of the epic’s most devastating moments involves no monsters…
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Cleopatra Died on This Day 2,056 Years Ago. Rome Never Recovered
Today marks 2,056 years since Cleopatra VII took her own life on August 12, 30 BC, choosing death over the humiliation of being paraded through Rome as a…
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Did Homer’s Odyssey Actually Have a Real Map?
For centuries, scholars have argued over whether the places in Homer’s Odyssey were real locations or pure invention, and modern researchers still don’t have a…
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The Antikythera Mechanism Could Predict Eclipses 2,000 Years Before Modern Computers
Sponge divers pulled one of the most extraordinary objects in human history off the seafloor near the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. The shoebox-sized…
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Greece Opens 126 Ancient Sites Free on August Full Moon Night
Greece’s Ministry of Culture is opening 126 archaeological sites, monuments, and museums across the country for free on Friday, August 28, 2026, as part of the…
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Greek Official to Breitbart: Trump Could Be Remembered for Millennia if He Returns the Parthenon Marbles
A Greek official told Breitbart News that Donald Trump could secure a place in history stretching thousands of years into the future if he uses his influence…
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Nolan’s Odyssey Sends Homer Book Sales Up 1,400%
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has done something no classical scholar managed to pull off. In the four weeks after the film opened in mid-July, UK sales of…
