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Marathons Are 26.2 Miles Because of This Famous Moment in Olympic Games History
The history of the marathon's distance is rooted in the very spirit for which the Olympics were created, and an event that occurred in 1908.
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Echoing in eternity: 2,100-year-old Alexander the Great mosaic analyzed for restoration
Likely a Roman copy of an earlier (~300 BCE) Hellenistic painting by Philoxenus of Eretria, the mosaic is a scene of chaos, terror, and victory. It portrays a climactic moment in which Alexander ...
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Famous Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii is made with 10-color tesserae from Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia
The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Credit: ho visto nina volare / Wikimedia Commons The Alexander Mosaic, housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), is ...