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Thermopylae Revisited

by Kevin Forster

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Recent archaeological digs conducted in the ruins of the ancient cities of Macedonia have uncovered several clay tablets claimed to be the oldest newspapers ever discovered.

These tablets, apparently called the Macedonian Times, date from approximately 480 B.C., the year in which the Persian Empire under King Xerxes carried out an unsuccessful invasion of Greece.

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