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Did Nolan politicize *The Odyssey*? Yes and no—every era rewrites its own Ulysses

There is a man with a deep voice singing by the fire. He is not telling a story; he is passing it down. Song precedes the image; memory precedes cinema—and we have already said this.The Odyssey has been a voice that has traversed the centuries, entru...
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Nolan's "Odyssey": All the Film's Locations, from the Aeolian Islands to Iceland

The countdown is almost over. On July 16, *Odyssey*, Christopher Nolan’s latest film, will make its theatrical debut. This time, the British director—known for his preference for grand settings and practical effects over computer graphics—has decided...
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Acropolis of Athens: The Parthenon’s West Pediment Is Visible Again After 220 Years

Restoration work on the western pediment ofthe Parthenonon the Acropolis in Athens has been completed, with the permanent removal of the external scaffolding from the monument’s west facade. For the first time in about 220 years, the western po...
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Egypt, Roman tomb discovered with golden tongues and a rare papyrus from the Iliad at Bahnasa site

In Egypt, at the archaeological site of Bahnasa, in the area of Minya province, a Spanish archaeological mission has identified a tomb datable to the Roman period, along with an articulated set of artifacts that refer to funerary practices. The opera...
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Berlin finds a coin minted in Troy: it is the first Greek find in the city

A rare Greek coin from the 3rd century B.C. has been discovered in Berlin's Spandau district, marking the first Hellenistic-era find within the German capital's urban area. The small object, about 1.2 centimeters in diameter, was found by a 13-year-o...
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Greece, discoveries between Kasos and Karpathos: five Byzantine wrecks and anchors identified

A series of wrecks, commercial amphorae, Byzantine anchors and remnants of port infrastructure have been identified in the seabed between the islands of Kasos (Caso) and Karpathos (Scarpanto), in the Dodecanese (archipelago of Greece), during an unde...
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Greece, marble fragment possibly linked to Parthenon marbles emerges from 1802 shipwreck

Systematic underwater archaeological research on the historic wreck of the brig Mentor, conducted by theEphorate of Underwater Antiquities of Greece under the direction of archaeologist Dimitrios Kourkoumelis-Rodostamos, deputy director of the servic...
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Greece, Pella Palace reborn: Alexander the Great's mansion restored

In Greece , the Palace of the ancient city of Pella, the birthplace and growth place of Alexander the Great, has been restored.The results of the work were presented the day before yesterday by Hellenic Culture Minister Lina Mendoni to the local comm...
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