Ancient Greeks
Ancient Greece
Olbia: The Ancient Greek Settlement on the Black Sea Coast
Nestled near the Black Sea spit, Olbia stands as one of the largest Ancient Greek settlements in the region. Located in southern Ukraine, Olbia's closest neighbor is the city of Mykolaiv, which is approximately twenty-five miles away. This ancient...
Ancient Greece
The Greek Origins of Marseille, France’s Oldest City
The huge port city of Marseille, France was founded by Greeks back in 600 BC, when the first immigrants established a trading colony.
Ancient Greece
Kissing in Ancient Greece: A Greeting and Sign of Respect
In ancient Greece, kissing was not considered strictly romantic or intimate; rather, kissing was a often a greeting between acquaintances.
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek Meaning of the Word “Idiot”
An "idiot" who in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person, for ancient Greeks had a different meaning and did not carry the derogatory or insulting sense that it does today.
The ancient Greek understanding of an "idiot" referred...
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Cyrene: The Stunning Ancient Greek City of Libya
Cyrene was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region.
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Anti-Aging and Ancient Greeks
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Although medicine and healing were important in ancient Greece, anti-aging may have been considered unnatural by the ancient Greeks.
by Patrick Garner
In the last decade some branches of modern medicine have shifted from viewing aging as inevitable to treating it...
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Modern Academic Says Gods Spoke to Ancient Greeks
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Academic Julian Jaynes postulated that before modern consciousness occurred, the voices ancient Greeks heard in their heads were those of gods.
by Patrick Garner
In 1976 an obscure psychologist from Princeton University in New Jersey published a book titled, The Origin...
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Five Things the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us About Medicine Today
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Medicine has changed beyond recognition in the last 2,000 years. So why should we still care what the ancient Greeks thought of Western medicine?
By Helen King
The ancient Greeks are widely seen as having been the founders of Western medicine...
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The Neighboring Cultures of the Ancient Greeks
As one of the most popularly studied civilizations of antiquity, the ancient Greeks tend to overshadow many of the neighboring cultures they interacted with.
However, the Greeks shared the ancient world with a myriad of other interesting cultures and civilizations,...
Ancient Greece
Tattoos Were for Criminals in Ancient Greece
Tattoos were considered a sign of "otherness" in ancient Greece, as it was either foreigners or slaves, criminals, and captives who had tattoos in ancient Greek society.
Body modification, such as tattoos and piercings, has been common throughout human societies...