April 17, 2010
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Not sure about this one … but it fetched a nice price: Mysterious ancient helmet battles to €77,000 | Paul Fraser Collectibles.
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An excerpt: Here is the list of the 10 most visited sites in Greece in 2009: 1. Athens Acropolis 1,087,889 visitors +1.6% 2. Knossos (Crete) 588,996 -3.5% 3. Lindos Acropolis 444,921 -2.5% 4. Olympia (Peloponnese) 328,697 -7.6% 5. Epidaurus (Peloponnese) 263,000 -9.3% 6. Mycenae (Peloponnese) 238,615 -17.6% 7. Delphi (central Greece) 157,270 -23.6% 8. Sounion…
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Image via Wikipedia [We’re testing the utility of Zemanta with this post] An ancient theater, uncovered through archeological excavations in the Black Sea region’s Zonguldak province, is hoped to increase tourism to the area. Turkey’s Black Sea region is home to various shades and tones of the color green and attracts travelers with its archeological…
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The incipit: If Monday’s famed 26.2-mile Boston Marathon seems brutal, consider the true plight of Pheidippides, the legendary messenger whose reputed exploits and legacy have been traced from the plains of Greece to Hopkinton’s Town Common. Entering the popular imagination centuries afterward through a series of accounts, Pheidippides supposedly ran roughly 25 miles to spread…
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The incipit of an item in the Courier Mail: FACEBOOK and Twitter may have a healing power once harnessed by ancient Greek philosophers, according to a new Queensland study. PhD student Theresa Sauter, from the Queensland University of Technology, is examining how social-networking websites help people form their own identity. “Social-networking sites, blogs, online discussion…
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