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Also Known As	Gortyna

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“Code” of Gortyn, archaic inscription on slabs used to build a Roman odeum of the 1st century

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Greece

country, Europe

The Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, surrounded by ancient stone walls and ruins, with city buildings and a distant hill in the background.

ancient Greek civilization

historical region, Eurasia

Crete, Greece

Crete

island, Greece

Roman Forum

ancient Rome

ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

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Saint Andrew of Crete

archbishop of Gortyna, Crete

Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

Ancient Greece

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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