Ancient Greek pottery

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This striking wall painting, known as The Blue Ladies, comes from the Minoan palace at Knossos on Crete. Dating to around 1600 BC, the fresco reflects the sophistication of Minoan art and offers rare insight into fashion and ceremonial life in the Bronze Age Aegean.

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This mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily depicts women exercising — a rare glimpse of female leisure in the Roman Empire. (Photo by Getty Images)

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A mosaic of servants or enslaved people making preparations for a Roman feast.

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You probably eat these foods every day, so why did the ancient Romans think they were disgusting poison?

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A battle between the ancient Greeks and the Amazons, detailed on pottery. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Meet the people the ancient Romans and Greeks desperately tried to hide

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The Fall of the Titans, 1588-90, painting by Cornelis van Haarlem (Photo by PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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When gods go to war: what was the Titanomachy of Greek mythology?

Zeus, king of the ancient Greek gods, seen in a 16th-century fresco by Pietro Bonaccorsi at Villa del Principe in Genoa, Italy

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Zeus's children: who were the offspring of the god with a libido that couldn’t be contained

Statue of Zeus, king of the Greek gods

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A bust of Zeus, left, and an image of Kratos from God of War, right

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How ancient mythology inspired God of War's Kratos: is he based on a real deity?

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An image depicting St Valentine

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Saint ValentineWho was the patron saint of love and lovers?

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Archimedes heat ray sets fire to Roman ship

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Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships

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Illustrated portrait of Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes

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Why Archimedes was the greatest scientist of the Classical age

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Alexander the Great dressed as a Byzantine emperor

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