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Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about ...
Just 50 kilometers south of Athens, between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, lies the mines of Laurion. Silver, copper, lead have ...
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What Was the Polis?
For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.
Western civilization is facing a quiet but profound ... That’s why a surprising and ancient moral framework might offer a better path forward: the Seven Noahide Laws. According to biblical ...
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic similarity to their counterparts in the Levant ...
China opened two new museums in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday, showcasing artifacts that ...
Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization ... to Punic populations in the central and western Mediterranean despite their deep cultural ...