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A Man Found a Mysterious Statue in a Trash Bag on the Street. It Turned Out to Be a 2,000-Year Old Greek Artifact
Earlier this month, a 32-year-old Greek man brought something remarkable to his local police station: a statue of a woman ...
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The Priceless Ancient Greek Treasures of Dion, Macedonia
Dion, the sacred site of ancient Macedonia, lies at the foot of Mount Olympus, featuring lush vegetation, springs and a ...
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What Was Life Like For Ancient Greek Women? A New Exhibition Sheds Some Light
A new exhibition in Athens uses art and antiquities from the Cyclades islands to reveal the experiences of ancient Greek ...
Greek Reporter11d
The Ancient Greek Temple of Aphrodite That Housed a Thousand Prostitutes
Perched on a high rock near Corinth are the remains of the Temple of Aphrodite, which once housed a thousand prostitutes.
Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans
Authorities say the statue dates back to the Hellenistic period and are investigating how it ended up among garbage. It was ...
2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag Near Trash Cans: Police
A statue dating more than 2,000 years was allegedly found in a black bag near garbage bins in a part of the Greek city of ...
What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire
A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...
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Man finds 2,000-year-old Greek statue dumped near trash cans
A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact ... said that the loosely folded drapery suggests that the statue is of a goddess. Regular women in that period were typically depicted wearing ...