#Aegean

Today’s digital day trip from #Athens takes us off the beaten path to Rhamnous! It may not feature on every itinerary, but Rhamnous is the best preserved city in Attica.
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We often think of life 6,000 years ago as short, nasty, and brutish. The site of Gourimadi reveals how innovative people were at the end of the Stone AgeThis archaeology
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[QUICK THREAD: THE YAVANAS]1/22Long, long ago, a people inhabited the regions around the Aegean Sea — Roughly what's today Greece and western Turkey. They were called the Pelasgians. Classical Greek
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Ancient Artefact of the Day: Today's piece has been chosen to fit with #MuseumsUnlocked and the focus on bone, horn, and teeth.The Boar's Tusk Helmet from Mycenae, Chamber Tomb 518,
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1) I really like writing threads for myself and haven't written one in a long time. This one is about how cheap #Bitcoin actually is at what it does
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#Exclusive @Frontex is involved in illegal pushbacks of migrant boats to Turkey in the Aegean. Agency's role is documented for the first time after a months-long investigation by @derspiegel @LHReports
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@NathalieTocci let’s see a few thinks regarding “how great this thread” is by @sinanulgen1 and let me remind you are member of HRVP as you state at your bio, ie
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Slavic microlanguages Aegean Macedonian (македонски език от Егей), South Slavic, GreeceAegean Macedonian is a variety of the Macedonian language spoken by Slavic Macedonians of Greece. For a long time these
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I'm seeing a lot of discussion about camera crews filming migrants in the English Channel, so sharing some experiences of covering the Mediterranean refugee crisis from 2014-2017At that time, huge
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Countries in the world where the belief in the "Evil Eye" is common The belief in the Evil Eye is also common among some communities in the USA Nazars are
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Hey everyone! My name’s Evan aka @LevineRx & I’m talking over #twitteristorian to tell you about the #archaeology of #Greece’s Cycladic islands! I just docked on #Naxos for 2 weeks
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Anatomy of a cover up: Frontex’s own reporting system is used to conceal pushbacks in the Aegean & gloss over agency's involvement. Our latest, months-long @derspiegel investigation w/ @LHreports @lemondefr
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When I come across the ruins of an ancient theatre, I always feel a bit better about humanity – they're a good reminder that life in the ancient world was
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Ancient hedgehogs: a visual thread.1st up is *maybe* my favourite – JUST LOOK AT HIM! Faience hedgehog rolled up in a defensive ball with his face, feet, & tail shown
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Turkey - Greece stand-off : Trump and oil.The worsening stand-off in the eastern Mediterranean, frequently described as a gas conflict, has been gaining momentum.Large reserves of oil and gas were
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Historical Evidence/Consequences of the Biblical Flood: A Thread Quick disclaimer, while I, and most other people on this side of Twitter, find Genesis alone to be enough evidence for said
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