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Archaeologists Discover Mosaics of Two Fighting Cupids and a Mysterious Inscription at an Ancient Greek City Hall
The ruins of ancient temples, roads, a harbor and a cistern for collecting rainwater lie near Turkey’s western coast. Some ...
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The Stele of the Twin Babies: A Rare Glimpse into Ancient Greek Funerary Art
The only surviving funerary relief of the ancient Greek world depicting twin babies in the same arms was unveiled in Athens.
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KS2 Ancient Greece: 3. Structures, statues, poems and plays
We also created a lot of mosaics - the art of using tiny pieces of coloured glass or stone to create pictures on floors or walls. Stunning. You can find out a lot about Ancient Greece from the ...
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A Rare Mosaic Depicting Two Cupids in Combat and a Monumental Inscription Found in the Bouleuterion of the Ancient City of Teos
Located on the western coast of Türkiye, facing Athens, the city of Teos was in antiquity a major hub of culture, art, and ...
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Ancient genetics—Was Gilgamesh a mosaic?
The Ancient Mesopotamian ... example would be the Greek demi-god Heracles. 2 The figure of two thirds could imply that Gilgamesh was either a genetic chimera or mosaic. Although the ancients ...
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Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
The ancient ... one mosaic but at least two, spread across separate rooms dating back to the third century BCE. One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god ...