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In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theater

STORY: Within the barbed wire-topped walls of this Greek prison, actors take to the stage. Unlike most other shows, both the performers and the audience here are inmates at a maximum security jail in ...
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Archaeologists Found Chilling Graffiti in an Ancient Prison: 'Make Them Die an Awful Death'

An ancient fifth-century Roman prison discovered in Greece contains harrowing graffiti on the prison floor. Located in Corinth, Greece, the Greek-language pleas that remain etched into the prison’s ...
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Here's What It Was Like For Prisoners In Ancient Athens

The concept of lawbreakers being confined in prison as punishment is so ingrained in our way of thinking that it might not even occur to most people that there are other ways of doing things. But in ...
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First-Ever Greek Inscription Declaring Jesus as God Found in Israel

The earliest known Jesus mosaic inscription declaring Jesus as God, the Megiddo mosaic, was found under a prison in Israel.
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Possible Roman Prison Identified in Ancient Greek City

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—According to a Live Science report, traces of a 1,600-year-old Roman prison have been identified in Corinth, Greece. Matthew Larsen of the University of Copenhagen made the ...