In 2022 a treasure trove found in a desert cave in Israel, dating back to King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC).

According to the Israeli Antiquities Authority represents the "first evidence in the Judean Desert for the Maccabean revolt" against the Greek Seleucid Empire. The Seleucid Empire covered large swaths of the Middle East and Central Asia but its power started to diminish.

King Antiochus IV Epiphanes which is referred to in Jewish sources as "The Wicked" is known for banning Jewish practices and traditions.

Ancient Greek geographic terms

𝘏𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 "western land" (Lit., land of the Setting Sun) initially the Italian peninsula and later Iberia & Western North Africa.

𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 "eastern land" (Lit., land of the Rising Sun), the peninsula of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Both term are influenced from a Greek point of view. Anatolia initially meant the lands in the east in general but it came to be traditionally associated with Asia Minor, and remains in use in various occasions even today.
Anatolḗ (Ἀνατολή, means the East & the rising sun).

Legendary Cities of the Bronze Age troyexcavations.com/troia-antik-ke…

Statues of Egyptians Gods guarding the four entrances around a pyramidal structure? A fish pond with marble oil lamps next to roman baths by the sea and just few km away from Athens?

That's the "sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods" of Herodes Atticus (160 AD) in Nea Makri, Attica The worship of Isis and Osiris adopted by the Greeks after Alexander's conquest of Egypt. Isis can be identified here with the goddess Demeter or Aphrodite, while Sarapis, the Hellenized form of Osiris, was equated with powerful gods of the Greek pantheon.

Oh the modern counter attack.

Let's put this straight once again since the "historian" Luka is somehow fails to do so.

1) There's no fall of Rome, it's the fall of Western Rome.

2) Charlemagne, the Frankish King is not considered a continuation of the Western Roman Empire.

https://twitter.com/lijukic/status/1657129873645641728

Merely reveals the aspirations of the Papacy to unhinged itself from the grips of Constantinople and re-create from scratch a long gone title of "Roman Emperor" in the West, one much more closer to the Papacy, to serve better for its political/religious ambitions.

Child on a swing (aiora)

Attic red-figure chous, attributed to the Eretria Painter. Probably from Koropi (Attica), 430-425 B.C.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens The vase features a scene associated with the Aiōra (Swing) ritual, which probably took place in Attica during the Anthesteria festival, in honor of Dionysus.

The swing ritual is connected with the myth of Erigone, daughter of Icarius. Icarius had been initiated by the god

Over the course of centuries, people from across the Greek world traveled to the Oracle of Dodona in Epirus and asked questions inscribed on lead tables.

More than 4,000 have been discovered and give a fascinating insight into what the people of #AncientGreece were thinking. ©From 2015 exhibition in the Acropolis Museum and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina in Epirus. The exhibits are on loan from the Ioannina Museum and the National Archaeological Museum’s Karapanos Collection.
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The theatre in the Oracle at Dodona, built by Pyrrhus, Hellenistic king of Epirus during the 3rd century BC.

Initially dedicated to Mother Earth (Gaia- known as Dione) and later to Zeus and Dione, it was considered the oldest of the Greek oracles by the ancient Greeks. Its history dates back to the 2nd millennium BC. The oak trees of the grove was supposedly the path of communication with Gaia (later Zeus and Dione). The priests delivered divinations by interpreting the rustling of the Sacred Oak’s leaves and the flight of wild pigeons.

Sappho, Hypatia, Agnodike, Artemisia, Aspasia, Cleopatra, Themistoclea, Theano, Hipparchia, Arete of Cyrene, Diotima and Sosipatra...

#Women of the Greek world: scientists, generals, warriors, queens, philosophers, poets, friends and family.

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay While they lived in difficult times when women were deprived of many rights or privileges, they managed to show their personalities and to carve their names with golden letters in history.
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Hermes Psychopompós (one of his most popular epithets).

Hermes, the messenger of the Gods, associated with roads and boundaries could cross the boundary btw the world of the living and dead.
As Psychopompós, escorts the souls of the dead to the realm of Hades & Persephone. ©Painting by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 1898. "Souls on the Banks of the Acheron river"

Hermes guides the souls of the dead to the banks of the river Acheron ("Woe of Misery") or to the Lake Acherousia where Charon (the ferryman of the dead) waits to transport them across.

Christ Pantokrator in the Upper Town of Patras. A three-aisled Basilica with a dome.

Originally built in the 900 AD (Byzantine Empire) has undergone significant changes in the 19th-20th century after its re-conversion from a mosque. Overcoming the Slavic and Arab invasions (reputedly through the intervention of St. Andrew) by the 10th c. the Bishop of Patras was elevated to Metropolitan having much of Peloponnese under its control. thebyzantinelegacy.com/patras

Delphi, the navel of the world for the ancient Greeks:
In the 4th century BC and Today Digital reconstruction by: anasynthesis.co.uk/index.php/delp…

Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis of Athens Nike is the personification of Victory.
She is the youngest sister of Zelos ('Rivalry'), Kratos ('Strength') and Bia ('Force'). In Hesiod's Theogony, Nike battles the Titans alongside the Olympian gods and is rewarded for her loyalty with honor and glory.
©John Goodinson

Silver coins of Hellenistic Kings 1) King Mithradates VI (Eupator Dionysos) of Bosporos and Pontos, 89-88 BC

©wikicommons

Palace of Knossos, the ceremonial, religious, economic and political centre of the Minoan Civilization of Crete. Central Courtyard: Entrance to the Throne Room Suite with the Stepped Portico (or Central Staircase) to the left.

©Budget Direct

Parthenon's many lives In the 5th c. BC, the Athenian leader Pericles began the construction of many great monuments in Athens. Many of them were prior destroyed during the Greco-Persian Wars. The current building of the Parthenon was inaugurated in 438 BC.

Depiction of #BronzeAge settlement of Akrotiri in #Santorini some 3600 years ago and how it looks today.

#Archaeology Credits:
1st picture: ©7reasons.net
2nd picture:©mightymightymatze

#BronzeAge frescoes from Knossos, Thera (Santorini) and Mycenae✨
17th - 13th century BCE

#Archaeology 1/ Detail of the fresco "Saffron Gatherers", 1650 BCE

Akrotiri was a settlement of the Cycladic culture that came under the influence of the Minoans. It was destroyed in the Theran eruption around the 16th century BCE and buried in volcanic ash.

©Museum of Prehistoric Thera

The Upper Peirene ancient cistern of Ancient Corinth.

Acrocorinth (upper Corinth), Greece

©Adobe Stock
#Archaeology #AncientGreece In a local myth (Description of Greece, Pausanias), Briareus, one of the Hecatonchires, was the arbitrator in a dispute between Poseidon and Helios, between sea and sun: he adjudged the Isthmus of Corinth to belong to Poseidon and the acropolis of Corinth to be sacred to Helios.

Detail from the "Ship procession" fresco of room 5 of the West House in Thera(Santorini).
Created almost 4,000 years ago, a masterpiece of the Aegean #BronzeAge.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens
#Archaeology Since its discovery in the 1970s these frescoes have been causing discussion between archaeologists about the sort of the depiction.
Covering the 3 sides of a room is approximately 12m long and 43 cm wide.

#Roman bust of #Alexander the Great, excavated from Herculaneum.

Blenheim Palace Oxfordshire, UK
©hellenticcosmos
#Archaeology It seems that the picture is a little refined to cover some imperfections on the face.
Blenheim palace looks amazing, I would love to visit. littlelondonwhispers.com/llw-travels/da…