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The so-called “middle finger” may finally be another invention of the ancient Greeks. It was about 2,500 years ago that the “naughty” Greeks developed a phallic gesture to insult, mock and literally push each other to the edge. If you’ve ever done the middle finger gesture then you have something …

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Archaeologists excavating a hilltop sanctuary on the Aegean Sea island of Kythnos have discovered “countless” pottery offerings left by ancient worshippers over the centuries, Greece’s Culture Ministry said Wednesday. A ministry statement said the finds from work this year included more than 2,000 intact or almost complete clay figurines, mostly …

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Tourists dressed as Ancient Greeks entered a local bus in Herakleio on the island of Crete. They were wrapped in white bed sheets and had metal laurel wreaths on their heads they had probably brought from some local souvenir shops. A stunned bus passenger shot a video of nostalgia-struck two …

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A group of fourteen German tourists were denied entrance to the Acropolis of Athens last week due to some weird dress code. The young women were wearing long white dresses in Ancient Greek style. they were accompanied by a professional photographer. And this was the reason for the site guards …

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Do you think pollution of the planet Earth is a modern era phenomenon? Human civilizations have been contaminating the planet for thousands of years, say scientists who now match pollution in Greenland’s Ice Sheet to industrial waste caused by Ancient Greeks and Romans. By drilling deep into Greenland’s ice sheet, …

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