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The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
Pastor Max Lucado recently revealed he got the word “tetelestai,” Greek for “it is finished,” tattooed on his right forearm ...
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
A new 'luxury' Greek restaurant, Zeus Taverna, will open on Castle Street this week. The business occupies the former Boots store which is located between Sainsbury's and Gentleman George's Tattoo ...
There’s an Athens gold stater struck in 296 B.C.E by Lachares to pay his troops as the city was being besieged by Demetrius, the king of Macedonia. Greek city states typically used silver for ...
The ancient gold coin, Aureus, minted in 4th Century AD. Credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc / CC BY-SA 3.0 Police in Russia and federal security agents have recovered a rare collection of ancient ...
The short distance between Thrace and the main Greek lands likely made trade easy. Scholars believe the Mycenaeans either traded for gold or took it as a result of raids and conquest. Either way, ...
Headpieces of Aphrodite and Eros ... huge £18mn and 'the perfect racehorse' The world's richest country for gold with a huge £529bn fortune - 26 times more than UK Egypt's richest man worth ...