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Pompeii Herculaneum Magna Graecia Capua Alba Longa Ostia Paestum Sybaris Campus Martius Praeneste

Basilicata: Monte Vulture

Basilicata

region, Italy

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

Italy

country, Europe

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Pythagoras

Greek philosopher and mathematician

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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