Tag: Alexander the Great
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Treasure from Alexander the Great’s reign found in Azerbaijan
Villager Etiram Rzayev discovered nine coins with an image of Alexander the Great, ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. A group of specialists of Azerbaijan’s National Academy have already visited the village and explored the found coins. According to the preliminary version, these are silver drachmas, issued during the reign of Alexander the…
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Wikipedia Robots Fight Over Alexander the Great
The research show that bots behave more like humans than one would expect, “unleashing” a war in cyberspace concerning what to include in the Wikipedia entries. Alexander the Great has always been such a controversial issue and the bots have gone to a cyber “war”. Researchers at the Institute of Internet of Oxford University and…
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Ancient Greeks may have built China’s famous Terracotta Army – 1,500 years before Marco Polo
The startling claim is based on two key pieces of evidence: European DNA discovered at sites in China’s Xinjiang province from the time of the First Emperor in the Third Century BC and the sudden appearance of life-sized statues. Before this time, depictions of humans in China are thought to have been figurines of up…
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Alexander the Great: Pioneering Multiculturalism
The concert will take place on Wednesday, October 26 at 8 pm in one of the world’s finest music halls, the Melbourne Recital Centre or “Elizabeth Murdoch Hall”. The hall is renowned for its architectural style and acoustic perfection. The music has been written specifically for this concert by the well-known Melbournian composer Christos Ioannidis.…