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Many people know the rich and legendary history of Greece. However, who knew that the ancient Greeks originated from numerous tribes?
The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.
Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...
Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...
Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and ...
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The myth was further cemented by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an influential 18th-century German art historian, who believed ...
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece Some of the most ancient ruins in the world, residing in one of the oldest cities, the ...
An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...
A Shakespearean-style Greek tragedy wouldn’t be the same without power-hungry tyrants and lots of death, and “Antigone” is ...
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See Greece in All Its Gorgeous Glory
These 15 images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest remind us of the grandeur of Greece ...