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ANCIENT GREEK ARTEFACTS FOUND IN ITALY

he remains of an ancient Greek temple, along with helmets and fragments of weapons, have been uncovered in southern Italy. Archaeologists made the discovery at the site of Velia, a colony founded by Greek settlers after defeating the Etruscans and their Carthaginian allies at the sixth-century BC battle

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