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Turkey, Ancient City Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias was the metropolis of the region and Roman province of Caria. White and blue grey Carian marble was extensively quarried from adjacent slopes in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, for building facades and sculptures. Marble...
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Public Spaces: The Birth of Nations
Public spaces are places for democracy. Open to everyone, and a space where people can gather, they could form a type of government where the people have ultimate power.
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An Ancient Greek Marketplace
An Ancient Greek farmer explains all the things to see and do on a busy trip to market.
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Turkey, Aphrodisias - the Bouleuterion (Odeon)
The bouleuterion (council house), or odeon, is centered on the north side of the North Agora. As it stands today, it consists of a semicircular auditorium fronted by a shallow stage structure about 46 m wide. The lower part of the...
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Geography: From Athens to America
Thanks, in part, to its unique geography, Athens is the birthplace of democracy, and one of the most successful city-states in all of Ancient Greece.
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Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview
INTERVIEW Alejandro Amenabar on how Hypatia should have been an icon for feminism and on how her death was terrible for civilisation at the Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview
INTERVIEW Alejandro Amenabar on how religions in the movie don't teach what they preach at the Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview
INTERVIEW Alejandro Amenabar on Rachel Weisz and on what surprised him about her at the Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview
INTERVIEW Max Minghella and Oscar Isaac on how both of their characters in the movie are in love with Rachel Weisz's at the Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview
INTERVIEW Max Minghella and Oscar Isaac on the religious aspects of the flm and the conflicts between different groups and on the beauty of Alexandria at the Cannes Film Festival 2009: Agora Interview at Cannes . (Footage by WireImage...
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CLEAN: Press Conference presenting the new film of Alejandro Amenabar, Agora.
Press Conference presenting the new film of Alejandro Amenabar, Agora. Madrid, Spain (Footage by Europa Press/Getty Images).
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CLEAN: Interviews of actress Rachel Weisz and film director Alejandro Amenabar in the premiere of Agora
Interviews of actress Rachel Weisz and film director Alejandro Amenabar in the premiere of Agora. Madrid, Spain (Footage by Europa Press/Getty Images).
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CLEAN: Premiere of Agora, new film of Alejandro Amenabar.
Premiere of Agora, new film of Alejandro Amenabar. Madrid, Spain (Footage by Europa Press/Getty Images).
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CLEAN: Celebrities attending the party after the premiere of Agora.
Celebrities attending the party after the premiere of Agora. Madrid, Spain (Footage by Europa Press/Getty Images).