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Archaeological News: Athenian 'Snake Goddess' Gets New Identity →
SEATTLE - A mysterious “snake goddess” painted on terracotta and discovered in Athens may actually be Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest.
Once linked to the worship of the dead, the goddess is flanked by two snakes on a slab of terracotta about the size of a piece of notebook paper….
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Archaeological News: Greek archaeology students: Please send us to Iraq →
ATHENS - Greek archaeology students hit by state funding cuts are making an online appeal for donations to join excavations in Iraqi Kurdistan, the state-run Athens News Agency said on Monday.
In a posting on donation site www.indiegogo.com, the group of Athens University students ask…
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Archaeological News: Greeks find remains of healing sanctuary →
Archaeologists in Greece have stumbled upon the remains of a sanctuary to Asclepios, the ancient god of healing, during the construction of a highway in central Greece, a project official said on Monday. “We were fortunate enough to find this previously unknown sanctuary,” supervising…
