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The Rise of Sparta (c. 950–6th Century BC)

Prehistoric findings in Sparta – The Dorian migration (11th century BC) – From a small settlement of 2,000 inhabitants in 950 BC to the leading city of Greece – How Sparta expanded

The stomach of an Egyptian mummy concealed a copy of the Iliad – Archaeologists were stunned (photos)

The mummy had been buried during the Roman period in Oxyrhynchus about 1,600 years ago. It is the first time a Greek literary text has been found embedded in a mummy’s body as part of the embalming process

Renoir painting sold at auction for the first time in 97 years

The painting will be presented at Christie's 20th century art auction on 18 May - The estimated price ranges from 25 to 35 million dollars

The controversial Queen Frederica: What she wrote in her diary from the Civil War to the dictatorship

Queen Frederica was one of the most controversial figures in modern Greek history. Even after her death in 1981—unintentionally, of course—she managed to divide the country’s political world

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