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Photo of the week: Greeks invented football

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  With all of Europe gripped by the Euro craze, I just couldn’t help posting about football. (Note: By football I mean the sport where a ball is propelled by means of the feet or legs, not the contact sport which … Continue reading

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Relief of a woman with scrolls

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While doing my research for the previous post, I was looking at various funerary stelae, and I came across the one I’m publishing today. It is rather untypical in the sense that the deceased is not looking at jewelry or at … Continue reading

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Ancient Greek Laptop explained

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Of course Ancient Greeks had laptops! I’m sick and tired of all those people trying to deny the evidence of their own eyes. I mean look at it: what else could it possibly be? Not to mention those portals – … Continue reading

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Photos of the week: section of the Parthenon frieze

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Dear all, please forgive me for not posting for some time. With the tourist season now over, I once again have a little time in my hands and I promise to give this blog more of my attention. For starters, … Continue reading

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Photo of the week: Pan’s epiphany

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To the south of the temple of the Olympian Zeus, is a cluster of ancient sites, most of them unknown to the general public. Here was, for instance, the temple of Artemis, as well as many more smaller temples and … Continue reading