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Greek islands were inhabited 170,000 years ago

Greek islands were inhabited 170,000 years ago | Science News | Scoop.it

Neanderthals and other extinct human lineages might have been ancient mariners, venturing to the Mediterranean islands thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

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[VIDEO] Antikythera mechanism, Μηχανισμός Αντικυθήρων

A video clip depicting details of the Antikythera mechanism.

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[VIDEO] Prehistoric Suburbia | City Beneath the Waves: Pavlopetri

Watch CITY BENEATH THE WAVES: PAVLOPETRI Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8PM e/p on Discovery. | http://dsc.discovery.com/#mkcpgn=ytdsc1 | Watch as these divers ex...


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Mini mammoth once roamed Crete

Mini mammoth once roamed Crete | Science News | Scoop.it
Evolution crafted pint-sized pachyderm on Mediterranean island.


VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCRbJZaOTUc&feature=colike

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Greek scientist reveals the mechanism of learning process

Greek scientist reveals the mechanism of learning process | Science News | Scoop.it
A study by American scientists with contribution by a Greek neuroscientist is very close to understanding the mysteries of the brain.

Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience

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Ancient cave speaks of Hades myth

Ancient cave speaks of Hades myth | Science News | Scoop.it
An ancient Greek cave preserves a Stone Age village, a burial ground, and signs of prehistoric rituals.
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Innovation in Classical Greece

Innovation in Classical Greece | Science News | Scoop.it
New media, new technology, new politics, new products and services, new fashions and designs, new, new, new. It seems as if the world is devoted to innovation and novelty.
Charlie Wittke's curator insight, February 28, 2014 5:30 PM

A small paragraph on how Classical Greece was ahead of its time and how influential it was.

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Furor in Greece over pedophilia as a disability

(AP) -- Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs.
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New book explores meaning of figurines in Delos

New book explores meaning of figurines in Delos | Science News | Scoop.it
The sectarian wars raging around the globe attest to the rigidity of many religious outlooks today. But in the second century BCE, residents on the Greek island of Delos saw nothing wrong with using others' gods in their prayers.
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Greeks in Pakhtunkhwa? – The Express Tribune

Greeks in Pakhtunkhwa? – The Express Tribune | Science News | Scoop.it
Bactri­an Greeks ruled Peshaw­ar, Taxila for 200 years. Some Greek cultur­al peculi­aritie­s became part of Pakhtu­n mores.
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Archeologists discover a huge ancient Greek commercial area on island of Sicily

Archeologists discover a huge ancient Greek commercial area on island of Sicily | Science News | Scoop.it
The Greeks were not always in such dire financial straits as today. But whether it is necessary to look as far back as these Bonn archeologists did in order to see a huge, flourishing Greek commercial area?
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Health effects of financial crisis: Omens of a Greek tragedy

There are signs that health outcomes in Greece have worsened during the financial crisis, especially in vulnerable groups.
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Optical experiment eyes Parthenon mystery

Optical experiment eyes Parthenon mystery | Science News | Scoop.it

Emory students and scholars, under the direction of Bonna Wescoat, Professor of Art History, are working together to investigate the visibility of the Parthenon frieze by recreating reliefs (currently on view London and Athens museums) and installing them on the Nashville Parthenon.

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Subway work unearths ancient road in Thessaloniki, Greece

Subway work unearths ancient road in Thessaloniki, Greece | Science News | Scoop.it

Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago.

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War on Wisdom

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All the most fundamental institutions of a functioning society—healthcare, education, criminal justice, banking, politics– “do not work the way that they should.” Our carrots and sticks seem to miss the point, or make things worse. To resolve the problem one need only return to the ancient Greeks. “We need virtue,” he said. “A virtue that Aristotle referred to as ‘practical wisdom.’” It is very simple, really. Practical wisdom is “the will to do the right thing and the skill to figure out what the right thing is. “

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Warning signs from ancient Greek tsunami (Thermaikos Gulf)

Warning signs from ancient Greek tsunami (Thermaikos Gulf) | Science News | Scoop.it
In the winter of 479 B.C., a tsunami was the savior of Potidaea, drowning hundreds of Persian invaders as they lay siege to the ancient Greek village.
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Acropolis Virtual Tour Application

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A virtual Tour of Acropolis Athens Greece with 360 panorama and Gigapixel Images...
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Alexander Jones and John Steele. "A New Discovery of a Component of Greek Astrology in Babylonian Tablets: The “Terms”." ISAW Papers 1 (2011).

Alexander Jones and John Steele. "A New Discovery of a Component of Greek Astrology in Babylonian Tablets: The “Terms”." ISAW Papers 1 (2011). | Science News | Scoop.it

Two cuneiform astrological tablets in the British Museum provide the first evidence for Babylonian knowledge of the so-called "doctrine of the Terms" of Greco-Roman astrology (BM 36326 and BM 36628+36817+37197). Greek, Latin, and Egyptian astrological sources for the various systems of Terms and their origin are reviewed, followed by preliminary editions and translations of the relevant sections of the tablets. The system of Terms is shown to be so far the most technically complex component of Greek astrology to originate in Babylonia. Over the course of the Hellenistic period an Egyptian origin was ascribed to the systems of Terms as it was combined with components of Greek horoscopic astrology. By Ptolemy's day, this spurious history had largely displaced the true.

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Greek science on the brink : Nature News & Comment

Greek science on the brink : Nature News & Comment | Science News | Scoop.it

Financial woes spur controversial reforms of the country's research system.

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Graeco-Roman masks shed light on cultural past

Graeco-Roman masks shed light on cultural past | Science News | Scoop.it

Two masks found in a grave during excavations in the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir’s Şarhöyük-Dorylaion Necropolis site are expected to shed light on ancient culture. The masks date back to 1 A.D.

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Ancient Greek food trade identified through DNA analysis | A Blog About History - History News

Ancient Greek food trade identified through DNA analysis | A Blog About History - History News | Science News | Scoop.it
Researchers performing DNA analysis on Greek amphorae have been able to determine the contents, shedding some light on ancient food trade.
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Where's the worst air pollution in Europe and how much does it cost us?

Where's the worst air pollution in Europe and how much does it cost us? | Science News | Scoop.it
What's the cost of air pollution in Europe?
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Greek crisis: what would the ancients say?

Greek crisis: what would the ancients say? | Science News | Scoop.it

More than 200 international philosophers braved strikes and protests to come to Greece this month to join a forum and debate matters of the mind.

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Why harmony pleases the brain “The key to pleasant... - Lapidarium notes

Why harmony pleases the brain “The key to pleasant... - Lapidarium notes | Science News | Scoop.it
Why harmony pleases the brain “The key to pleasant music may be that it pleases our neurons. A new model suggests that harmonious musical intervals trigger a rhythmically consistent firing pattern in...
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