What Christopher Hitchens Understood About the Parthenon
The British Museum should return the ancient treasures to Greece for the sake of art, not nationalism.
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Ancient Greek Vase Depicting Mother Aphrodite Disciplining Her Unruly Child With a Sandal Awes Researchers
Ancient Greek Vase Depicting Mother Aphrodite Disciplining Her Unruly Child With a Sandal Awes Researchers The interesting ...
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See the Stunning Ancient Roman Statue of Athena That's Going on View for the First Time in Nearly 260 Years
With an owl in the palm of her hand, a cloak adorned with a gorgon’s head and a warrior’s helmet upon her swept hair, Athena, as depicted in a Roman statue from the first century C.E., is a remarkable ...
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Ancient Roman Statue of Athena Emerges After 260 Years in Hiding
Ancient Roman Statue of Athena Emerges After 260 Years in HidingWrightwood 659, the foundation invites the public to see a ...
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The Ancient Greek Temple of Aphrodite That Housed a Thousand Prostitutes
Aphrodite the ancient Greek goddess of love with Adonis depicted in red ... coins of the Roman period depicting a mountain-top temple containing the statue of a half-naked goddess contemplating ...
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Holy Statues Survive L.A. Wildfires Unscathed: A Sign of Hope and Resilience
In a remarkable turn of events during the recent Los Angeles wildfires, a statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered unharmed amidst the ashes of a completely burned-down home. This astonishing find, ...
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What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire
But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex ... the mixing and mingling of bodies. Statues and figurines like this one represent an increase in goddess cults in the Mediterranean and ...
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Ancient Temple and Statue of Mercury Discovered in Germany
Archaeologists in the Neckargartach district of Heilbronn, Germany, have uncovered a 500-meter stretch of an ancient Roman road, along with an ancient temple and statue of Mercury. Artifacts suggest ...