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The Story Of Cernunnos, The Mysterious Horned Celtic God Of Wild Places And Beasts
Cernunnos was one of the most powerful gods in Celtic mythology. Horned, bearded, and frequently depicted with animals and ...
Smithsonian Magazine2h
The Met Returns Stolen Seventh-Century B.C.E. Bronze Griffin Head to Greece
At a ceremony this week, Greece's culture minister officially accepted the artifact, which was likely stolen from a museum in ...
Greek Reporter6h
The Bizarre Case of the Ancient Greek Philosopher who Died of Laughter
Ancient Greek philosopher Chrysippus (279–206 BC) is believed to have died of laughter in a bizarre incident recorded by his ...
Greek City Times11h
Ancient Greek Bronze Griffin Returns to Greece from MET Museum
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni attended a ceremony at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York, marking the ...
Greek Reporter1d
Was Anesthesia Known in Ancient Greece?
Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.
Science News1d
A skull found in Egypt shows this top predator stalked ancient Africa
Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.
CBS News21d
Herculaneum scrolls breakthrough: Scientists digitally "unroll" 2,000-year-old scroll scorched by Mount Vesuvius
The few that could be opened were philosophical texts written in ancient Greek. But most of the scrolls were so badly damaged, they were considered illegible. More recently, researchers managed to ...
The New York Times21d
Ancient DNA Points to Origins of Indo-European Language
Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.
Nature21d
How one language family took over the world: ancient DNA traces its spread
The second was posed in the eighteenth century, when scholars noticed similarities between classical Greek and Latin and Sanskrit, an ancient language from South Asia, and suggested a common origin.
Live Science21d
Ancient duck-like creature discovered in Antarctica may be the oldest modern bird ever discovered
—Ancient bird with T. rex-like skull discovered in China Daniel Ksepka , a paleontologist at the Bruce Museum in Connecticut who was not involved in the study, agreed.
CNN22d
‘The whole island has emptied:’ Thousands flee Santorini as quakes rattle Greek tourist haven
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The New York Times25d
Want a Million Dollars? Get Busy Deciphering This Ancient Script.
And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Relatively little is known about the creators of the script ...