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Stone Age tools in Crete show man sailed the Mediterranean 130.000 years ago

Crete was inhabited & Crete has been an island for over five million years, meaning that the people who lived there, somehow sailed to Crete

How was cancer treated in ancient Greece?

According to Galen, the most common types of cancer were the uterus and breast cancer found in women

10 of the most baffling historical finds ever discovered (PHOTOS)

Artifacts that mystify scientists even today

Virtual reality may help save Ancient Egypt’s “Sistine Chapel”

The process is expected to become faster as virtual reality and holography technologies improve

Mysterious giant sarcophagus discovered in Egypt (PHOTOS)

A layer of mortar between the lid and the body of the sarcophagus indicates that it has not been opened since it was closed more than 2,000 years ago

Homer’s Odyssey inscriptions found on Roman era slabs at Ancient Olympia (photo)

The verses are Odysseus' speech to Eumaeus

Explore Aegina’s past & present (PHOTOS)

For the Greek mythology lovers, Aegina was the only place where the goddess Apahaia was worshiped, at the Temple of Aphaia

Roman “hand of god” unearthed by archaeologists near Hadrian’s Wall (PHOTOS)

Other votive hands have been found in other parts of the Roman Empire

When is the Summer Solstice? Everything you need to know about the longest day of the year

The day marks the ancient middle of summer

The mystery of the Sleeping Giant in Greece’s Naxos (PHOTOS)

There are many theories as to why it remained unfinished

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