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- the legendary King Minos, the Minoan Civilization. Among his findings he ... visitors to have an experience of life in ancient times. ...10 KB (1,447 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2021
- begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (eighth-seventh ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history lasting for close to ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- discovered, was used by the Minoan civilization, and dates to 1850-1700 ... British archaeologist Arthur Evans, inspired by ancient Greek mythology ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- of Olympia, the most sacred place of ancient Greece. Curtius was a serious ... better understanding of the Ancient Greek civilization. He was also one ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- Bronze Age development of the Mycenaean Civilization that eventually replaced ... in archaeology for it signifies a shift in ancient Greek society. The beehive ...9 KB (1,300 words) - 10:23, 26 September 2023
- and Latinist who promoted the revival of ancient Roman classics and the traditions ... Laetus tried to emulate the lives of the ancient Romans, and around ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- He published his results with plates of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, maps ... Lepsius and Friedericke Glaser. He studied Greek and Roman archaeology at ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- The word epigraphy comes from the Greek language|Greek epigraphē ... The first to practice epigraphy were the ancient Greek scholars Thucydides ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a ... and generally uncultured, even in Greek mythology a well-known centaur ...9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- Empedocles (c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Empedocles was the first pluralist in Greek philosophy. He was an ...8 KB (1,150 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- of Semiramis) are considered one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World ... Gardens were extensively documented by Greek historians such as Strabo ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
- Mycenae (Greek grc|Μυκῆναι), is an archaeological site in ... becoming a tourist attraction in classical Greek and Roman times. Archaeologists ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
- Ptolemaic Egypt gave the world the Greek translation of the Hebrew ... the most famous and important in the ancient Meditaerranean world. The ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a mythical creature that was ... man and part bull. "Minotaur" in Greek (Μινόταυρος, Minótauros ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ... age, before Egypt was a unified civilization. The oldest tombs and ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek ... for it differs sharply from a traditional Greek column in that it was made ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- both amateur and academic, in Egyptian civilization and culture goes back ... preserve our knowledge of this significant civilization. ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian ... the origin and early development of ancient Greek comedy. According ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- allowed precise measurement and dating of ancient monuments. His particular ... introducing him to the Hebrew, Latin, and Greek languages. ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
- Democritus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was born at Abdera ... materialist thought in the history of Greek philosophy. ...8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024
- In Greek mythology, Prometheus (ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς ... to Earth from Olympus, then ventured to the Greek province of Boitia and made ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations ... vessels exported to Melos, Egypt and the Greek mainland. After 1600 B.C ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- writing system. The term derives from the Greek term for “sacred carving ... The word hieroglyph derives from the Greek words ἱερός (hierós ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium ... The name of Athens in Ancient Greek was Athḗnai (Ἀθῆναι ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- The Rosetta Stone is an ancient stele inscribed with the same passage ... Egypt as part of the family of Alexander. Greek language and culture flourished ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- Atlantis (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος mentioned and described by the classical Greek philosopher Plato in the ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- Legend has it that Taksha, an ancient Indian king who ruled in a kingdom ... * c. 450 B.C.E., Herodotus makes reference to Greek influences in ...18 KB (2,588 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- Aeschylus (525 B.C.E. – 456 B.C.E.; Greek: Α ἰ σχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece, and the earliest ...18 KB (2,989 words) - 05:50, 16 June 2023
- ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode who lived around 700 B.C.E ... in contributing to our understanding of ancient Greek culture, is the Theogony ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures." ... of 1,000 printed plays, but had few ancient relics and would have been ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- and preacher who founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that ... The teachings of Mani were once widely circulated in the ancient world ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- to the Roman god Bacchus (a variant of the Greek Dionysus). These practices ... Bacchus was the Roman characterization of the Greek Dionysus, a deity ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- obtain several-hundred years earlier by the Greek mathematician Archimedes ... the south was selected based upon ancient Chinese thought that the ...12 KB (1,719 words) - 06:13, 13 June 2023
- By 3200 B.C.E., settlements across the Indus Valley Civilization had ... Proper front-loaded bread ovens originated in ancient Greece, and ...11 KB (1,627 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- worked against the advancement of civilization, there are historical ... "barbar." The word comes from the Greek language, and was used to ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- Byblos (Βύβλος)is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal ... Byblos (Greek) or Gebal (Phoenician) is located on the Mediterranean ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding" ... The concept of the hieros gamos derives from ancient mythologies relating ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- skills, such as hunting. Later, the ancient Chinese, Indian, and Egyptian ... intentions of the educator, and thus the Greek influence is often argued ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) involve movements ... Acrobats were greatly admired in ancient China, Egypt, and the Minoan ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- religious and naturalistic symbolism in ancient Egypt, to a secular symbol ... The earliest representation of the phoenix is found in the ancient ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- material, but there are a few exceptions in Greek art and in the decorative ... human form was most commonly used in the Greek and Roman classic reliefs ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- to present day Ethiopia, this was an ancient African civilization that ... Ethiopian culture today has its roots in this civilization. The decline ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) ... paradigm shift that occurred in the Ancient Near East. Walter Burkert ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving ... slavery or exploitation of people. The civilization appears to have been stable ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
- The Latin word came from abakos, the Greek genitive form of abax ("calculating ... The use of the abacus in ancient Egypt is mentioned by the Greek historian ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- A stele, often Anglicized as stela, plural stelae (from the Greek ... of the customs, beliefs, and laws of ancient cultures as many contain ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- and as speaking in riddles. Originating in Ancient Egypt, the sphinx as a mythical ... versions are part-human part-animal. In ancient Egypt there are three distinct ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- interest in the culture and mythology of ancient Greece. ... he received basic education in Latin and Greek. He graduated from Barmer ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera was the ... Thus, unlike some Greek gods, such as Zeus, Hera's name cannot ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- Troy (Greek: Τροία, Troia, also Ίλιον, Ilion; Turkish Truva ... According to mythology, the Trojans were the ancient citizens of the ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- == Mica in ancient times == [[Image:Hand Hopewell mica.jpg|thumb|175px ... Mica was known to ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ... of Aksum were forced south and their civilization declined. As the kingdom ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- - 127), known in English as Plutarch, (in Greek Πλούταρχος) was ... characters and recounts the noble deeds of Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history ... paleontology and archeology—the study of ancient life through fossils and ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient state, located in eastern ... == Early Greek colonies== The whole district was dotted with Greek ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- In Greek mythology, Daedalus (Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos ... him Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, who fled ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- Fables, whether ancient or modern, have been used to satirize social ... Aesop's Fables feature most of the Greek pantheon, including Zeus ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- e. – August 12, 30 b.c.e.) was queen of Ancient Egypt, the last member of ... power for her own sake but to protect the ancient autonomy of her state. As ...20 KB (3,144 words) - 22:04, 7 January 2024
- The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ... of: The Great Pyramid of Giza (the most ancient as well as the only surviving ...19 KB (2,688 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... dye Tyrian purple. The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and highly ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... Gandhara became renowned for its fusion of Greek and Buddhist culture, which ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Poppies have a long history in human civilization. They were already ... The Sumerian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Minoan, Greek, Roman, Persian and Arab ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- culture, sometimes referred to as Vedic civilization, was centered in the northern ... represents the oldest known continuous civilization on earth. Vedic society ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Έλευσίνια Μυστήρια ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... between rival civilizations. The legacy of ancient Dacians and of their successors ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- translated, revealing much about the most ancient civilizations of human history ... 100 meters up a limestone cliff from an ancient road connecting the capitals ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- In Greek mythology, Demeter (Greek: "mother-earth" or possibly ... reveal the span of her functions in Greek life. Demeter and Kore ( ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- quot; occurred and the Etruscan civilization rose.Graeme Barker and ... The Etruscans were the first major civilization in this region of ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- The Grigori (from Greek egrḗgoroi, "The Watchers") are ... in which they are said to come from ancient stellar lore. ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... Several references to the Yonas are found in ancient Indian documents ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Delphi (Greek Δελφοί ) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- Astronomy (Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος ... methodology existing at the time of Ancient Greece and advanced observation ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρρυγχος; "sharp-snouted or sharp ... Approximately 70 percent of all the ancient Egyptian literary papyri ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- in the 1830s. Drawing on the works of Greek patristics, the poet Aleksey ... irrational philosophy of Plato and Greek Church Fathers (notably Maximus ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 07:38, 12 March 2024
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... Ancient Western philosophy is generally divided into three periods ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ... the most recognizable symbol of the Inca Civilization]] ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. Budge was was ... to hold arguably the best collection of Ancient Near East artifacts in the ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- in what is now northern Sudan. While the ancient kingdoms of Nubia had changing ... Nubia is the homeland of Africa's earliest black civilization ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- volcanic eruption that occurred on the Greek island of Thera (known today ... ence/columnist/vergano/2006-08-27-ancient-volcano_x.htm Ye gods! Ancient ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- short time, Isidore mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It is not known ... had been in full control of Spain, and the ancient institutions and classic ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- language analysis, DNA tracing, review of ancient writings, and religions ... Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Thracian, and Greek branches of Indo-European. ...26 KB (3,877 words) - 22:31, 5 February 2023
- The Etruscan civilization is the name given today to the culture and ... culture that was influenced by Greek traders and Greek neighbors ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- The name has existed since antiquity; in the Latin of the Romans ... tourist attractions. It was used by the ancient Romans to transport goods ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- The New Kingdom is the period in ancient Egyptian history between ... archeology is still uncovering new data on Ancient Egypt, one result of the ...12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:32, 11 November 2022
- as reflected in the meanings of the Greek word, "logos." ... and speculative reason was made by the ancient Greek philosophers Plato ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- explained the rise and fall of civilization in The Decline of the ... College London (as Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History), the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- Vico’s recovery of ancient wisdom, his emphasis on the importance ... of first humans, but also how early civilization developed a sensus communis ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 20:24, 14 December 2023
- Taxes from all the other city states of Ancient Greece created a monumental ... of the greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art—the Parthenon, the ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- Oberlin College, acquiring a knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin, but never ... had conquered Rome in antiquity. By civilization, Powell clearly had his ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- include the Linear B script for Mycenaean Greek; Cherokee; Ndjuka, an English ... invention. They were rather based on ancient traditions of symbol systems ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Polytheism (from the Greek: polus, many, and theos, god) refers to ... or father of the pantheon, including the Greek Zeus, the Norse Odin and ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- practices and fitness regimes used by the ancient Greeks, including skills ... back several thousand years ago, to the Greek civilization. The word gymnastics ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- The Minoans (Greek: Μυκηναίοι; Μινωίτες) were a pre ... the current ruler of the Minoan civilization. What the Minoans called ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- Josephus, who introduced himself in Greek as "Iosepos (Ιώσηπος ... It was only in 1544 that a version of the Greek text was made available, ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- by Constantine I on the site of an earlier Greek city, it later served as ... the greatest triumphs and tragedies of civilization. It has seen great empires ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Golden mean or "middle way" is an ancient concept described ... In ancient Western civilization, the Golden Mean is found in the mythological ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- Empire, which had ruled most of the Greek-speaking world for over 1100 ... London and decided to recognize a sovereign Greek state. Many were enthusiastic ...23 KB (3,403 words) - 05:56, 18 November 2022
- has created numerous rock formations. Ancient cypresses and wild olive ... The mountains contain caves with ancient paintings depicting cattle ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía, from óligon, “few ... The word oligarchy (l´ gärk) is derived from the Greek words for ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
