ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
The Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 “Israelite tribes,” may have started as no such thing. New archaeological evidence suggests that the Danites originated with mercenaries hired from the Aegean and Syria by the Egyptian overlords of Canaan to keep order. Continue reading “3,000-year-old archaeological finds at Tel Dan suggest that the Danites were Aegean soldiers. Samson the Greek?”
In this post we present an ancient Greek quote that answers the question of our title.
Continue reading “Have there been female philosophers in antiquity?”
Here we present the first page of the corresponding publication by V. Gordon Childe, which claims a Mycenean presence in Cornwall, Britain. Continue reading “Bronze Dagger of Mycenaean type from Pelynt, Cornwall”
(NovoScriptorium: Whether true or not, information like this is at least interesting, because it is not a funny Greek that makes the claim but a native of the country)
Continue reading “Professor from Chile claims ancient Greeks colonized his country!”
Ancient Greeks artists could have travelled to China 1,500 years before Marco Polo’s historic trip to the east and helped design the famous Terracotta Army, according to new research. Continue reading “Ancient Greeks may have built China’s famous Terracotta Army – 1,500 years before Marco Polo”
Recent fieldwork at the ancient city of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete finds that during the early Iron Age (1100 to 600 BC), the city was rich in imports and was nearly three times larger than what was believed from earlier excavations. Continue reading “Recent (2016) finds reveal the importance of Knossos”
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