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Hellenistic temple unearthed in northern Albania by archaeologists

Heritage Daily 17 Jun 2026
Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw and the University of Tirana have uncovered the remains of a large Hellenistic-era temple in northern Albania, marking what researchers describe as the ...
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"Art in Gold: Jewellery in Hellenistic Times" exhibition held in China's Shaanxi

People Daily 15 Jun 2026
Jewellery in Hellenistic Times" in the Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province ... Jewellery in Hellenistic Times" in the Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 14, 2026.
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Newly Deciphered Greek Inscriptions Shed Light on Ancient Termessos

Greek Reporter 13 Jun 2026
Located in the mountains of ancient Pisidia near modern Antalya, Termessos was part of the wider Greek world that emerged across Anatolia during the Hellenistic period.
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Researchers Identify 31 Letters in Ancient Anatolia’s Lost Sidetic Language

Greek Reporter 11 Jun 2026
Inscriptions in Sidetic language. Credit ... The inscriptions show that Side’s residents continued writing in Sidetic for roughly two centuries into the Hellenistic period, with the language appearing to fade only around the late second century B.C.
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Alexander the Great Dies in Babylon: June 10, 323 BC

Greek City Times 10 Jun 2026
On this day in 323 BC, Alexander the Great passed away in Babylon, leaving behind one of history’s greatest empires without a clear successor ....
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What Did Aristotle Teach Alexander the Great?

Greek Reporter 30 May 2026
Public Domain ... Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 BC) was a student of Plato ... Credit ... Knowingly or not, Alexander became a product of the Hellenistic tradition, imbued with a sense of cultural mission and desire to spread Greek ideas and values ... Image source.
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Spectacular archaeological discoveries in Hellenistic Anatolia shed new light on origins of Christianity

Greek City Times 26 May 2026
A series of extraordinary archaeological discoveries across modern-day Turkey are reshaping historians’ understanding of the origins and early spread of Christianity throughout the Hellenistic Greek world of Anatolia.
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Archaeologists uncover monumental tomb at ancient Greek city of Olympos in Lycia

Greek City Times 26 May 2026
Founded during the Hellenistic period and later incorporated into the Roman Empire, Olympos was one of the important cities of the Lycian League and continues to reveal artifacts from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras ... Advertising1 ....
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Philo of Byzantium: The Ancient Greek Who Could Have Worked in Silicon Valley

Greek Reporter 20 May 2026
Philo of Byzantium thrived in Hellenistic Alexandria, where he created most of his automata ... Alexandria was home to the brightest minds of the Hellenistic era, with its famous Library becoming a hotspot of ancient Academia and thinking.
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2,200-Year-Old Mother Goddess Stele Found in Turkey Points to Hellenistic Sanctuary

Greek Reporter 19 May 2026
A broken stone stele discovered beside an ancient road in western Turkey may mark the site of a previously unknown Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to Kybele, the ancient Mother Goddess worshipped across Anatolia and the Mediterranean world.
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