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The poet Sappho from the Greek island of Lesbos was revered almost as much as Homer in classical antiquity. Plato called her the Tenth Muse and she appeared on coins and statues for centuries. She ...

A 2,600-year-old two-handled wine cup currently on display at the Lamia Archaeological Museum in Greece has long been thought to depict a random assortment of animals. But the piece of ancient pottery ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Did you know that many of the theories put forward by Ancient Greek astronomers still hold (more or ...

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The researchers used advanced software called Starry Night, to identify the earliest date that the Pleiades would have set at midnight or earlier in local time in 570 BC. Photo: AFP Washington: ...

Studies show that the ancient Greek temples could have astronomical intentions – but on what scale? When I was a little girl, I would pester my grandfather with the same question every time we ...