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Received — 16 October 2026 ⏭

In the Ancient Olympics, Cheaters Were Fined to Pay for Bronze Statues of Zeus That Athletes Had to Walk Past — 16 Pedestals Survive Today

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By: Antonio García
16 October 2026 at 08:57
On the road into the stadium at Olympia, at the foot of Mount Cronius, ancient Greek athletes passed a stone platform with steps cut through it. A row of bronze statues of Zeus, the god the Games were held to honour, stood beside it. None of them celebrated a victory. Each had been paid for […]

Received — 14 October 2026 ⏭

A Villager Found a Carved Block Near His House — It Led to Two Colossal Statues of Ramesses II Near a Temple Built Nearly 900 Years Later

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By: Guillermo Carvajal
14 October 2026 at 08:48
A man in Behbeit el-Hagar, a village in Egypt’s Gharbia province, was working on a plot of land in front of his house when he came across a block covered in carvings. He told the local antiquities inspectorate. What came out of the ground afterwards, according to a statement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and […]

Received — 31 August 2026 ⏭

Roman statues from the 2nd century A.D., including those of Emperor Hadrian and his wife Sabina, found in the ancient Greek city of Kibyra

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By: Guillermo Carvajal
31 August 2026 at 10:40
Excavations led by the Mehmet Akif Ersoy University of Burdur (MAKÜ) at the archaeological site of the ancient Greek Kibyra, in southwestern Turkey, have brought to light fragments of four marble sculptures from the Roman era, including a complete representation of Emperor Hadrian, 2.14 meters tall, and another of his wife, Empress Sabina. The work, […]

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