Ancient Greece News
- Ancient gold treasure puzzles Greek archaeologists Friday, August 29, 2008 @ 12:25PMA priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine.
- Priceless artefact found in Greece Friday, August 29, 2008 @ 10:48AMA priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a landmine.
- Ancient gold treasure puzzles Greek archaeologists Friday, August 29, 2008 @ 9:53AMFri, Aug 29, 2008 (8:39 a.m.) A priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine.
- Followers of Greek gods will stage protest Friday, August 29, 2008 @ 1:13AMA small group of pagans pledged Thursday to hold a protest prayer among the Acropolis temples, more than 1,500 years after Christians stamped out worship of the ancient Greek gods.
- Statuephilia - Contemporary Sculptors at the British Museum Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 8:45PMAntony Gormley: A CASE FOR AN ANGEL II , 1989, Installation at Konsthall Malmo, Sweden, Photograph taken by Jan Uvelius, © Courtesy of the artist and Jay Jopling / White Cube, London.
- Children taught about democracy in Los Banos Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 2:31PMMINERVA PEREZ/THE ENTERPRISE Fifth-grade teacher Jack Lalley, left, and his student Hannah Rodriguez, 11, listen during a presentation on democracy in ancient Greece. Lalley is a teacher at R.M. Miano Elementary School.
- In pursuit of excellence in sports and in business Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 9:13AMHave you been watching the Olympics Games? Awesome! Records of all standards—world, Commonwealth, Asian, country, personal and others—are being broken whole sale. Athletes are more prepared, intense, focused and motivated than ever.
- Travel Picks: Top 10 Mediterranean islands in the sun Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:32AMLONDON (Reuters Life!) - Craving a sun-and-sea summer holiday destination where you can also party the night away? Travel website TripAdvisor has come up with a list of the top 10 islands in the Mediterranean sea.
- Viticulturist Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:21AMWhat does a viticulturist do? A viticulturist’s job is to cultivate grapes, especially for winemaking. Viticulture, a word which comes from the Latin word for vine, was first explored as a process back in ancient Rome and later by French Cistercian monks who perfected the art of winemaking.
- In Brief Friday, August 15, 2008 @ 5:21AMA 78-year-old ethnic Greek has been killed during clashes between Russian and Georgian forces in the city of Tskhinvali in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. The Foreign Ministry said that Ivan Michailidis was killed during the second day of fighting in the city.