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Archaeologists Make Groundbreaking Discovery of 2,500-Year-Old Shipwreck in the Mediterranean

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery in the azure depths of the Mediterranean Sea near the southern coast of Sicily: an ancient 2,500-year-old shipwreck buried under 20 feet of sand and ...
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Sicily is famous for this ancient city, one of the largest and most impressive in the Mediterranean

On the west coast of Sicily lies a little-known yet spectacular archaeological site. This ancient Greek city, founded in the 7th century BC, is impressive for its grandeur and its thousand-year ...
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Archaeologists In Sicily Just Found An Ancient Bone Stylus Depicting Dionysus With An Erect Phallus

Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...
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The indigenous population of ancient Sicily were active traders

How should we relate to the traditional historiography on ancient Sicily? The prevailing view has been that the indigenous population had neither territory, power nor economic resources. But with the ...
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Ancient Greek altar unearthed at archaeological site in Sicily

ROME, June 30 (Reuters) - An ancient Greek altar for family worship dating back more than 2,000 years has been found in the archaeological site of Segesta on the Italian island of Sicily, local ...