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- 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
