Search results for "Ancient Greek Civilization" - New World Encyclopedia

From New World Encyclopedia
  • the legendary King Minos, the Minoan Civilization. Among his findings he ... visitors to have an experience of life in ancient times. ...
    10 KB (1,447 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2021
  • begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (eighth-seventh ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history lasting for close to ...
    12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
  • discovered, was used by the Minoan civilization, and dates to 1850-1700 ... British archaeologist Arthur Evans, inspired by ancient Greek mythology ...
    15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
  • of Olympia, the most sacred place of ancient Greece. Curtius was a serious ... better understanding of the Ancient Greek civilization. He was also one ...
    7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
  • Bronze Age development of the Mycenaean Civilization that eventually replaced ... in archaeology for it signifies a shift in ancient Greek society. The beehive ...
    9 KB (1,300 words) - 10:23, 26 September 2023
  • and Latinist who promoted the revival of ancient Roman classics and the traditions ... Laetus tried to emulate the lives of the ancient Romans, and around ...
    9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
  • He published his results with plates of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, maps ... Lepsius and Friedericke Glaser. He studied Greek and Roman archaeology at ...
    9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
  • The word epigraphy comes from the Greek language|Greek epigraphē ... The first to practice epigraphy were the ancient Greek scholars Thucydides ...
    14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
  • In Greek mythology, the centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a ... and generally uncultured, even in Greek mythology a well-known centaur ...
    9 KB (1,330 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
  • Empedocles (c. 490 B.C.E. – 430 B.C.E.) was a Greek pre-Socratic ... Empedocles was the first pluralist in Greek philosophy. He was an ...
    8 KB (1,150 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
  • of Semiramis) are considered one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World ... Gardens were extensively documented by Greek historians such as Strabo ...
    11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
  • Mycenae (Greek grc|Μυκῆναι), is an archaeological site in ... becoming a tourist attraction in classical Greek and Roman times. Archaeologists ...
    18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
  • Ptolemaic Egypt gave the world the Greek translation of the Hebrew ... the most famous and important in the ancient Meditaerranean world. The ...
    11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
  • In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a mythical creature that was ... man and part bull. "Minotaur" in Greek (Μινόταυρος, Minótauros ...
    11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
  • Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ... age, before Egypt was a unified civilization. The oldest tombs and ...
    12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
  • Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek ... for it differs sharply from a traditional Greek column in that it was made ...
    13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
  • both amateur and academic, in Egyptian civilization and culture goes back ... preserve our knowledge of this significant civilization. ...
    16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
  • was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian ... the origin and early development of ancient Greek comedy. According ...
    16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
  • allowed precise measurement and dating of ancient monuments. His particular ... introducing him to the Hebrew, Latin, and Greek languages. ...
    12 KB (1,821 words) - 10:34, 11 May 2023
  • Democritus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. He was born at Abdera ... materialist thought in the history of Greek philosophy. ...
    8 KB (1,214 words) - 09:28, 28 January 2024

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)