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Forum Romanum c. 1854
Black-figure pottery from Athens.
The black-figure technique was invented in Corinth in about 700 B.C. and adopted by the Athenian workshops in approximately 630 B.C. How were the characteristic black-figure and red-figure vases actually made?
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The Parthenon in Athens.
The Greek world comprises more than modern Greece. Colonies were founded in Sicily, southern Italy and the west coast of modern Turkey. After the defeat of Persia Greece flourished.
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Excavations in Alexandria.
Since the arrival of Alexander the Great Egypt was administered by the Greeks, and after the death of Cleopatra, the Roamn Emperors took over.
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The Great Pyramid of Kheops in Giza, with one of the Queens’ pyramids on the right.
The most striking aspects of the country at this time were the attention life life after death and the many gods who were adored there, both in human and animal form.
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The Coptic monastery of St. Anthony, Egypt.
Today the term 'Copt' refers to a member of the Coptic Church of Egypt, while archaeologists regard a Copt more generally as any Christian inhabitant of Egypt in the first centuries of our era.
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Cyprus, Aphrodites rock.
The Greek Bronze Age started around 3000 B.C. when the people were able to work metal. Their need for copper and tin, the two components of bronze, as well as their surpluses of olives and woollen products resulted in thriving trade relations, which greatly contributed to prosperity.
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