classical antiquity
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As is so often the case with subjects about classical antiquity, some bits of evidence are more complete than others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The site of one of the most important monuments in classical antiquity - the palace where Alexander the Great was crowned king - has reopened after a 16-year restoration.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
Mr. Lorayne did not claim to have invented the mnemonic system that was his stock in trade: As he readily acknowledged, it harked back to classical antiquity.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Like any new technology, aquatint, in its earliest days, embraced an idealism, found in prints depicting fantasies of classical antiquity.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
Not alone Grote, but also Niebuhr, Mommsen and all other historians of classical antiquity, were foiled by the gens.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
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