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Ancient auditorium discovered in the gymnasium of Agrigento
Archaeologists have made two extraordinary discoveries in the Italian town of Agrigento on Sicily's southwest coast. During ...
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A 2,200-Year-Old Lecture Hall That Was Part Of An Ancient Greek School Was Just Uncovered In Sicily
Archaeologists in Agrigento, Sicily just unearthed an ancient classroom where students listened to lectures more than 2,000 ...
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Excavations at Ancient Greek City of Agrigento Reveal Rare Inscriptions and Structures
Archaeologists in Sicily have uncovered a rare gymnasium complex, featuring a lecture auditorium, in the ancient Greek city ...
2,000-year-old Greek lecture hall discovered in Italy is first of its kind
The ancient school complex had a gymnasium with a large swimming pool and 650-foot tracks, archaeologists said.
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A Semicircular Classroom Found in the Gymnasium of Agrigento Is the Oldest Known in the Greek World
In southern Sicily, where the hills of Agrigento overlook the Mediterranean Sea, an international team of archaeologists has ...
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Archaeological Area of Agrigento
Founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., Agrigento became one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean world. Its supremacy and pride are demonstrated by the remains of the magnificent ...
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Ancient Greek city of Agrigento
A newly completed excavation at an ancient gymnasium in Agrigento, Sicily, the modern name for the ancient Greek city of Akragas (Greek: Ἀκράγας), has revealed new finds: a rare roofed auditorium, a ...
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2,000-year-old Greek lecture hall discovered in Italy is first of its kind
The lecture hall was discovered during excavations at Agrigento, the site of the largest ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. Photo by Thomas Lappi and Monika Trümper, FU Berlin, Institute of ...