Archaeologists discover 1,600-yr-old horse racecourse in Greece Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
An archaeological team has discovered the site of the ancient hippodrome race course in Olympia in Greece, where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels 1,600 years ago.
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Piles of ancient pottery unearthed in Greece Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists in central Greece have discovered thousands of miniature clay pots and statuettes in the ruins of an ancient sanctuary possibly dedicated to the Three Graces.
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Ancient Olympic Games Posted: 4 months ago by maxriter
Most people know that the Olympics started out in Ancient Greece, but did you know that back then the athletes competed in the nude? (Though technically, they could wear penis restraints - yes, you read that right).
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2,700-year-old fabric found in Greece Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad."
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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Beehives Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
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Wildfires in Greece - Satellite Image Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Deadly wildfires in southern Greece wafted thick clouds of smoke over the Ionian Sea and southward to the Mediterranean in late August 2007. This image of Greece was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 26, and places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red.
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Rare mammal remains found in Greece Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A group of paleontologists has discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, a large mammoth-like mammal that lived some three million years ago.
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Prehistoric Greek Water Works Found Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger.
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Cabby, Follow That Horse! Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two out-of-town tourists on a wild ride through downtown streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse's reins.
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Earthquake rattles southwest Greece Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook southwestern Greece early on Monday, but no damage or injuries were reported.
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Rare Mycenaean grave unearthed Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Roadworks in southern Greece have unearthed a rare Mycenaean grave thought to be well over 3,000 years old and containing important burial offerings including a gold chalice.
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How to get high in ancient Delphi Posted: 2 years ago by brightoncub
A new theory has been put forward as to how the Oracles of Classical Greece used to get high enough to believe they were predicting the future.
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Horses may have been domesticated 1000's of years earlier than previously thought Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
There's very little direct evidence of horse domestication, because 5,600 years ago there were no saddles or metal bits to leave behind.
So a different tack had to be taken to determine when the horse was domesticated. The answer was surprising
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Ancient Organisms Discovered In Canadian Gold Mine Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists have suspected that the three known domains of life -- eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea -- branched off and went their separate ways around three billion years ago. But pinning down the time of that split has been an elusive task. Now, a team of scientists present direct evidence that the three domains of life coexisted at least as long as 2.7 billion years ago.
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Archaeologists excavate ancient tannery Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists excavating an ancient tannery believed to be the largest ever found in Rome said Tuesday they might need to move the entire work site, which is being threatened by railroad construction. The 1,255-square-yard complex includes a tannery dating to the second or third century, as well as burial sites and part of a Roman road.
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Greek Farina Food Fight Posted: 3 months ago by meggysue
Galaxidi, Greece, throws quite a food fight after Carnival on misnamed "Clean Monday."
Don't miss the photo gallery with the greatest understatement I've ever seen: "Villagers wear goggles to protect their eyes. Driving conditions don't look so great."
This one's for Apex86.
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Elderly Suffolk widow hails taxi to Greece Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
"I am very elderly and I didn't fancy flying. I am not very keen on airports any more as I don't like being taken around in a wheelchair. I thought it would be very nice just to get in the car at Sudbury outside my own front door and then not have to worry."
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Experiencing the joys of someone else's home Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Douglasville, Georgia - A woman came home from a vacation in Greece to find a stranger playing house, changing utilities into her name and even repainting a room she didn't like.
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Envisat satellite captures billowing smoke from fires raging across Greece Posted: 1 year ago by Moe
Warning!
BIG hi-res image!
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Cooking Oil Fuels Greek Odyssey Posted: 3 months ago by jkatz
Driving to Greece on grease.
Andy Pag drove from London to Greece without stopping at a single petrol station. Instead he persuaded restaurants along the way to donate used cooking oil.
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Girl, 8, is left bald after hair was braided too tight on holiday Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An 8-year-old girl who lost all her hair after having it braided while on holiday in Greece is still bald more than a year later.
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