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- may have evolved into Linear B, a written language that replaced Linear A around ... British archaeologist Arthur Evans, inspired by ancient Greek mythology ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ or ... characters commonly used in the English language, and a few European ones. ...2 KB (332 words) - 16:39, 30 November 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
- In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky and the ... ), the Greek word for "sky." The most probable etymology ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρήνες ... Sailing was a very important part of ancient Greek life, but the waters ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- the mythical creatures called Harpies in Greek mythology, winged-beasts ... Harpyia, which in turn derives from the Greek Άρπυια, or Harpuia ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- Anacreon (Greek: Ἀνακρέων ) (born c. 570 B.C.E.) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his songs ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- and Jews. It was renowned throughout the ancient world as an international ... structures on Earth for many centuries. Ancient writers identified it as ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- the translation of the Old Persian language. Grotefend succeeded in ... He continued his career mostly working on Latin and Italian language ...9 KB (1,297 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- Commonly regarded as a Greek specialty, baklava is available in a ... although the dish is often thought to be of Greek origin. The history of baklava ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον or ákron ... the "Test of English as a Foreign Language"). ...3 KB (483 words) - 20:08, 26 September 2023
- Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) (c. 481 B.C.E. – c. 420 ... of truth from the sphere of existence to language parallels an orientation ...6 KB (889 words) - 08:16, 2 December 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
- Ancient philosophy is philosophy in antiquity, or before the end of ... In the Western tradition, ancient philosophy was developed primarily ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- The name amphibole (Greek αμφιβολος/amfibolos, meaning "ambiguous ... constituent of greenschists. The name (from Greek ακτις/aktis, a "ray ...6 KB (934 words) - 17:24, 26 July 2023
- the ages, but all come from the creature in Greek mythology known as Pegasus ... Greek poet, Hesiod connects the name Pegasos with the word for "spring” ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- of the skull") is the English-language name given to the hill on ... 'Hebrew', indicating the 'language of the Hebrews', which ...7 KB (1,139 words) - 18:36, 25 November 2023
- The Griffin (sometimes spelled gryphon or griffen, gryphos in Ancient ... 2001. Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. Princeton ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- by the Patriarch of Moscow in 1970. (The Greek Orthodox Church in North ... Kephalos means "head" in Greek. Hence, autocephalous denotes ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδών ; Latin: Neptūnus ... As with many Greek deities, Poseidon was depicted as a lascivious ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
