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Paris organizers take delivery of Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games

TSN Canada 26 Apr 2024
From Olympia's ancient stadium, a relay of torchbearers carried it along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, which included several islands and an overnight stop on the ancient Acropolis.
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Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games organisers

Greek City Times 26 Apr 2024
From Olympia's ancient stadium, a relay of torchbearers carried the flame along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, including several islands and an overnight stop on the ancient Acropolis.
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Paris organizers receive Olympic flame in Athens ahead of relay

Ekathimerini 26 Apr 2024
“It wants to stay in Greece,” Estanguet joked ... From Olympia’s ancient stadium, a relay of torchbearers carried it along a 5,000-kilometer route through Greece, which included several islands and an overnight stop on the ancient Acropolis.
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Elafonisos Island: A Little Piece of Greek Heaven

Greek Reporter 23 Apr 2024
Wondering what to do on this little piece of heaven when you’re not in the mood for a beach day? Well, like many places in Greece, you will find ancient ruins to explore on the island as well as in the surrounding waters.
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10 things I wish tourists knew before visiting Greece, from a local

Business Insider 21 Apr 2024
Thanks to its ancient ruins, picturesque beaches, and incredible food, Greece is one of the top tourist destinations ... It seems like everyone visits Mykonos, Santorini, and maybe Paros, but Greece has over 220 inhabitable islands.
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Lesser Known Ancient Greek City-States

Greek Reporter 19 Apr 2024
... in the Peloponnese, the island of Rhodes, and the Ionian Ephesus and Miletus on the Anatolia coast contributed greatly to the glory of ancient Greece and its priceless influence on the Western World.
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DEMO: Next Island opens time travel for its virtual world

Venture Beat 05 Apr 2024
The first major section that visitors can travel to is ancient Greece ... One of the islands has a portal into time that can be used to visit places such as ancient Greece, which is now ready for players to see in demo form.
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All the Greek Island Groups Explained

Greek Reporter 01 Apr 2024
Greece has more than 6000 islands and islets under its name ... In view of this, the small, rocky island was declared by Callimachus in the third century BC to be “the most sacred of all islands” of Ancient Greece, and was dedicated to Apollo.
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The Origins and Migrations of Ancient Greek Tribes

Greek Reporter 30 Mar 2024
The diverse tribal roots of ancient Greece ... Over time, the diverse tribes across Greece’s mainland and its thousands of islands merged into one culture and language, the one we learn about when we talk about ancient Greece.
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Greek Island’s Only 2 Students Joined by Athens Kids for Parade

Greek Reporter 25 Mar 2024
Agathonisi is a small island located at the northernmost point of the Dodecanese archipelago in Greece.
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Dozens of Amphorae Recovered from Ancient Byzantine Shipwreck in Greece

Greek Reporter 22 Mar 2024
Countless ancient shipwrecks off Greece ... Earlier in March, the Ministry of Culture announced that scientists have discovered several shipwrecks and other important ancient finds in the underwater, near Greece’s island of Kasos.
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Rare Pygmy Hippo Born in Athens Zoo

Greek Reporter 20 Mar 2024
Pygmy hippos roamed Greece thousands of years ago ... However, millennia ago pygmy hippopotamus were present even in Greece. Archaeologists recently discovered ancient pygmy hippo fossils on the island of Crete which date back to 350,000 B.C.
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10 shipwrecks spanning 5,000 years of history found off Greece

Sandhills Express 15 Mar 2024
... scientists found a partially submerged building, as well as a variety of ancient marble treasures, while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece where a now-sunken city once stood.
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Diving into the History of the Aegean: Ancient Finds Off Greece’s Kasos

Greek Reporter 13 Mar 2024
A team of scientists has discovered several shipwrecks and other important ancient finds in the underwater, archaeological research near Greece’s island of Kasos ... Ministry of Culture Ancient finds off Greece’s Kasos.
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