Flames rise as a #wildfire burns next to the village of Ano Loutro, near Corinth, #Greece, September 29. REUTERS/Vassilis Psomas

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Crosses from graves are silhouetted as a #wildfire burns in the village of Latas, #Greece, June 22. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

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One of four statues of seated philosophers found in the Villa of Dionysus at Dion. The beardless man with short-cropped hair sits in a chair with a rounded back holding a scroll in his hand. Perhaps a portrait of a member of the aristocratic family associated with the villa.

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Statue of a Philosopher (Dion, Greece)

Four headless statues were found in the triclinium of the Villa of Dionysus in Dion. Three of the heads were found during excavations in the atrium. One of the statues has the long hair and beard typical of many philosopher portraits.

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A bronze tabula ansata found in the atrium of the Christian basilica at Dion, #Greece. The votive inscription reads "On behalf of the memory of Thekla", possibly the famous saint. 7th or 8th century.

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Votive in memory of Thekla (Dion, Greece)

A bronze tabula ansata and chain were found in the atrium of the Christian basilica at Dion. The tabula ansata is a rectangular tablet with handles that appears on votive offerings and grave inscriptions from the imperial period through Christian Lat…

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Another of Europe’s most famous is the #Vikos Gorge in #Greece, which is also known by some as Greece’s Grand Canyon. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it takes the much sought-after “deepest relative to its width” crown.

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A man makes his way on a hill as African dust from the Sahara desert covers the city of #Athens, #Greece, April 23. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

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A wooden bier adorned with flowers carrying the #Epitaph, a religious icon representing the body of Christ, is carried into the sea as part of Greek #Orthodox Good Friday services, in the seaside town of Tolo, #Greece, May 3. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

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A drone view shows a damaged bridge following floods caused by Storm Bora, in Faliraki, on the island of Rhodes, #Greece. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas

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Cars are piled up following storm Bora in the area of Lalysos, on the island of Rhodes, #Greece. REUTERS/Lefteris Damianidis

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