The Ecology of the Ancient Greek World is the title of a large, discursive, and rather self-indulgent recent work that aims to demonstrate how much can be achieved by applying biology to the problems of ancient history. The result is fascinating, although the book is perhaps t...
ATHENS (Reuters) - The British Museum has lent for the first time in 250 years an ancient Greek water vase, the Meidias hydria, to the Acropolis Museum in Athens for an exhibition which begins this week and runs until April. The loan comes amid a dispute between Greece and Britain ...
Many ancient Egyptian, Greek and Islamic religious buildings share a common feature known as hypostyle. Defined as rows of columns that support a roof, this solution has developed in different cultures in different periods of time, which can explain the variety of materials, shapes, sizes and dis...
The summer season of the Athens Acropolis Museum was launched Friday evening with a music concert featuring an ancient Greek organ known as the "hydraulis." At the concert held in the museum's Parthenon Gallery, visitors had the opportunity to enjoy a performance featuring the musical instrument...
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water resources restricted their potential growth. Rome's aqueducts were not strictly Roman inventions Ð their engineers would have been familiar with the ancient, tried and tested water-management technologies of Etruscan neighbors and Greek allies Ð but they proved conspicuously successful. By ...
Sicily. Through excavations archeologists have revealed one of the “richest, largest, and varied collections” of Roman mosaics in the world. Also they have revealed a rather elaborate system of water technologies including fountains, cisterns, an aqueduct, and bath facilities. This site has been...
While Classical Greek has a particularly rich complementation system, in later times there is a tendency towards the use of finite complementation. In this context, Cristofaro (1996) has claimed that the Classical opposition whereby the accusative and infinitive is used for non-factive complements, ...
Underwater archaeologists discover submerged ancient port near Asini, Greece. (photo credit: The Greek Ministry of Culture) An international team of underwater archaeologists uncovered remains of a submerged port structure near the ancient city of Asini in Argolis, Greece. The discoveries provide insigh...
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