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“Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health” by John Koutroumpis for #GreekReporter:

Gyaros Island of Exile

Graziano Ranocchia, chercheur de l'université de Pisa en Italie, a déchiffré un papyrus carbonisé d'Herculanum à l'aide de rayons X et déclare y avoir trouvé des indications sur l'emplacement de la tombe du philosophe grec Platon à Athènes.
https://greekreporter.com/2024/04/23/location-plato-grave-found-athens/
#GrèceAntique #RomeAntique #histoire #histodon #philosophie #Italie #Pisa #Athènes #Académie #papyrus #Herculanum #tombe #GreekReporter

An archaeologist says he has found the exact location of Plato's grave in the Platonic Academy in Athens after deciphering ancient papyri.

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"Sisi Lasithiou witnessed a high of 35.1 degrees Celsius"

"November heatwave, setting a new pan-European temperature record"

Incredible really ... this hardly even registered on the EU news scale.
35.1°c in November!!

On Saturday, the island of Crete, Greece, basked in an unusual November heatwave, setting a new pan-European temperature record.

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"Just one stalk has been found and it has been given to Emperor Nero", Pliny the Elder put down the last documented account of the #silphium.

Thought to be extinct, the golden-flowered "miracle" plant apparently has been rediscovered in #Turkey:

Ancient Greeks used a 'miracle' plant called Silphium, which was thought to have gone extinct 2,000 years ago, has now been rediscovered.

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Smells like Assur Spirit:

"3,200 Year-Old #Mesopotamian #Perfume Recreated"

A 3,200-year-old Mesopotamian fragrance has been recreated from a formula left on an ancient clay tablet by a perfume maker of the time.

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