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“Code” of Gortyn, archaic inscription on slabs used to build a Roman odeum of the 1st century
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Also Known As Gortyna

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“Code” of Gortyn, archaic inscription on slabs used to build a Roman odeum of the 1st century
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Crete, Greece
Crete
island, Greece
Greece
Greece
Athens: Acropolis
ancient Greek civilization
historical region, Eurasia
Roman Forum
ancient Rome
ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

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Saint Andrew of Crete
archbishop of Gortyna, Crete

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)
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Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.
Ancient Greece