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How to Bury an Entire Museum via Messy Nessy

How to Bury an Entire Museum When German forces took Athens in April 1941, they expected to find thousands of centuries-old artifacts in the National Archaeological Museum, Greece’s largest museum. Instead, the neo-classical building was totally empty, besides the archaeologists … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading: Mythos by Stephen Fry

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This Ancient Palace on the Island of Crete Has the Oldest Throne Room in Europe via My Modern Met [Shared]

This Ancient Palace on the Island of Crete Has the Oldest Throne Room in Europe On the island of Crete lies the ruins of an ancient palace. Now part of modern Greece, Crete was once the center of the Aegean … Continue reading

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