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Why Iberians Didn’t Adopt the Advanced Ancient Greek Bronze Techniques
A study uncovered why Iberians resisted adopting Greek bronze techniques, showing how social conditions guided their ...
Artnet News21h
Greek Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Marble Workshop Filled With Unfinished Statues
An archaeological dig on the island of Paros, renowned for its marble, has discovered an ancient Greek sculpture workshop.
Greek Reporter7d
The Piercing Gaze of Ancient Greek Sculptures
The image many have in mind of Greek sculptures—noble looking with a bit of an emptiness about the eyes—might be slightly ...
Smithsonian Magazine1mon
Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
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The Colossus of Rhodes, the bronze wonder of the ancient world
The principal ancient source for the Colossus’ dimensions ... became evident and gave rise to a long tradition of Greek bronze sculpture. An alloy made of 90 percent copper and 10 percent ...
Modern tech unlocks secrets of Bronze Age art
A Classics researcher at the University of Cincinnati is using today's technology to learn more about the mass production and ...
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An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest ...
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Israel unearths ancient Greek tomb, rare bronze mirror in Jerusalem
“Bronze mirrors like the one that was found ... The hetairai formed part of an Ancient Greek social institution, in the framework of which women – similar to Japanese geishas – provided ...
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Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos was said to have guarded the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece.