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Tenea, the City in Ancient Greece Founded by Trojan War Prisoners
How did prisoners from the Trojan War found the ancient city of Tenea? Is there any evidence supporting the historicity of ...
50 People Who Died In Embarrassing, Nightmarish, Scandalous, Horrifying, Disturbing, Or Even Darkly Funny Ways
I've been on kind of a weird kick here at BuzzFeed, writing post after post about people — both regular folks and celebrities ...
Discovered by chance, a mass grave revives memories of Greece’s brutal civil war
Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late ...
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Athens’ Darkest Hour: The Plague That Shook the Ancient Greek World
The ancient world suffered immensely from plagues, like the 430 BC Athenian plague, which had lasting consequences for all of ...
Dozens of ancient artifacts seized in Greek island smuggling raid
Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation.
What the ancient world can teach us about death
In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...
Railway Technology5d
Hitachi Rail consortium deploys first ARGOS digital interlocking system in France
The ARGOS system manages train movements by ensuring trains access only unoccupied track sections. Credit: Hitachi Rail. Hitachi Rail, which leads the HR/EQUANS/SNIC consortium, has successfully ...
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
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10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
Greece is home to some of the world’s most extraordinary heritage sites. These range from ancient buildings — such as the extraordinary monasteries of Meteora, perched high on sandstone ...