News tagged with acropolis
Fifth century BC objects returned to Greece
Greece on Tuesday reclaimed scores of ancient objects dating to the fifth century BC that Belgian, British and German authorities returned, the culture ministry said.
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May 19, 2009 |
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Researchers discover ancient depiction of childbirth at Etruscan site in Tuscany
An archaeological excavation at Poggio Colla, the site of a 2,700-year-old Etruscan settlement in Italy's Mugello Valley, has turned up a surprising and unique find: two images of a woman giving birth to a ...
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Oct 19, 2011 |
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The Port of Athens was once an island
Piraeus, the main port of Athens, was an island from 4 800 – 3 400 BC, in other words 4 500 years before the Parthenon was built on the Acropolis. This discovery was made by a French-Greek team led by ...
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Jun 16, 2011 |
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Lights off as 'Earth Hour' circles the globe
Lights went off around the world as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches while the annual "Earth Hour" circled the planet in what was dubbed the world's largest voluntary action for ...
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Large Hadron Collider powers up to unravel mysteries of nature
Outside the small village of Meyrin, Switzerland, horses graze quietly in fields lined by the Jura mountains. You'd never know it by the idyllic landscape, but 300 feet below the Swiss-French border, the Large ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Reading the zip codes of 3,500-year-old letters
Unfortunately, when ancient kings sent letters to each other, their post offices didn't record the sender's return address. It takes quite a bit of super-sleuthing by today's archaeologists to determine the ...
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Aug 05, 2010 |
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Oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem
A tiny clay fragment - dating from the 14th century B.C.E. - that was found in excavations outside Jerusalem's Old City walls contains the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem, say researchers at ...
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Jul 12, 2010 |
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ESA helps make summer in the city more bearable
As temperatures soar, scientists have been collecting data amid the ancient ruins that symbolise the birthplace of western culture. These data, combined with measurements from aircraft and satellites, promise ...
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Antarctica to Pyramids -- lights dim for Earth Hour (Update)
(AP) -- From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most ...
Mar 28, 2009 |
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Billion people invited to switch off lights
Around a billion people living in the world's major cities are being invited to turn off their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time on Saturday for "Earth Hour," described as the biggest mass campaign to demand ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Royals weren't only builders of Maya temples, archaeologist finds
An intrepid archaeologist is well on her way to dislodging the prevailing assumptions of scholars about the people who built and used Maya temples.
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Feb 25, 2008 |
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