Notre Dame marks arrival of Paris Olympics’ iconic trackside bell as cathedral reopening nears
Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with ...
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Spyros Louis: The First Greek Winner of the Marathon Run
Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek ...
‘SYMBOL OF COURAGE’: Alex Decoteau went the distance for freedom
Alex Decoteau gave everything to free the people of Belgium in the First World War. ...
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Olympic rings - Symbol of the Olympic Movement
Olympic Charter, Rule 8 Meaning of the Olympic rings “The Olympic symbol expresses the activity of the Olympic Movement and represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from ...
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Discover the Paris Olympic symbol set to join Notre-Dame Cathedral
During the Olympic Games, each athletic who won a gold medal ... Games Organizing Committee to the cathedral, is a powerful symbol and a material legacy of this universal, historic, and unifying ...
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The World’s Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on Stone ‘Cylinder Seals’
Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...
World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
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How Nike of Samothrace Inspired the Rolls-Royce Emblem
The Rolls Royce emblem, dubbed the Spirit of Ecstasy, draws heavily from the Nike of Samothrace, a Hellenistic masterpiece ...