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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 ...
10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
What is the ancient Egyptian 'Eye of Horus'?
The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...
Greek Reporter2d
Dionysus, the Astonishingly Modern Olympian God
The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
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 ...
Greek Reporter10d
The Mysterious Substance That Flowed Through the Veins of the Greek Gods
You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...
FandomWire13d
One Piece: Every Detail You Didn’t Know Eiichiro Oda Hid in Elbaf’s Ancient Mural
Mesmerized by Oda's double page spread from One Piece Chapter 1138? Did you dissect it for details? So did we, and here's ...
IT-Online15d
Hubble helps precisely measure Uranus’s rotation rate
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus’ interior rotation rate with a novel technique, achieving a level of accuracy 1 000 ...
The Daily Item16d
Students bring Greek myth retelling to Danville Middle School stage
252 Northumberland St. The romantic comedy depicts a version of the Greek myth where Hades, god of the underworld, abducts Persephone — the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.
Cassville Democrat17d
SKITS presenting ‘The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza’
These questions and many more will be answered on stage in the form of everyone’s favorite stories from Greek Mythology. SKITS is proud to present ‘The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza’ by Don Zolidis.