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Greek Reporter4d
A Greek ‘Mount Rushmore’ Featuring Parthenon Marbles Proposed for Athens
A British organization wants to carve Parthenon Marbles replicas into Mount Pentelicus so Greece can become home to its own ...
Euro Weekly News6d
“Greek Mount Rushmore” planned for Mount Pentelicus
A bold proposal to carve replicas of the Parthenon sculptures into Mount Pentelicus is aiming to make Greece the home of its ...
TheCollector on MSN5d
Eos: Goddess of the Dawn in Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn. Though, like other primordial gods, she was not widely worshiped by the ...
The Art Newspaper6d
Remembering Pope Francis, for 12 years head of the Catholic church and proprietor in trust of the Vatican's library and art collections
The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...
The Anzac pulse is the key to our national mind and identity
Anzac Day is close to the nation’s soul in some strange, enigmatic way – and epic. Every April 25, the bugle catches the ...
10 historic Greek wonders away from the islands
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
Observer7h
One Fine Show: “Myth and Marble” at the Art Institute of Chicago
The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Was Talos, the Bronze Automaton Who Guarded the Island of Crete in Greek Myth, an Early Example of Artificial Intelligence?
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
The Island1d
He’s gone, but his legacy will remain–etched forever in a tapestry of love
Just a couple of days earlier, we bid farewell to the mortal remains of His Holiness, Pope Francis the First. Our hearts were ...