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    The mines of Laurion (or Lavrion) are ancient mines located in southern Attica between Thoricus and Cape Sounion, approximately 50 kilometers south of...
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    Lavrio (redirect from Laurion)
    anticipated revenue derived from a major silver vein strike in the mines of Laurion circa 483 BC to expanding the Athenian fleet to 200 triremes, and thus...
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    site around the Mediterranean Sea, as well as Laurion in Greece. Around 500 BC control over the Laurion mines gave Athens political advantage and power...
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  • Argyroeides laurion is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Panama. Savela, Markku (December 25...
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    Retrieved 29 March 2024. Wood, J. R.; Hsu, Y-T.; Bell, C. (2021). "Sending Laurion Back to the Future: Bronze Age Silver and the Source of Confusion". Internet...
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    Neochalcosia Species: N. remota Binomial name Neochalcosia remota (Walker, 1862) Synonyms Eterusia remota Walker, 1854 Laurion remota Chalcosia remota...
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  • Dave Laurion is a retired American ice hockey player and coach. He was on the coaching staff of Alaska-Fairbanks for over a decade, serving as both assistant...
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    Minor from 3000 BC; later, lead deposits were developed in the Aegean and Laurion. These three regions collectively dominated production of mined lead until...
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  • Brains and Lee Baum from The Damn Truth and their new bass player Rob Laurion. One of the band's main influences is the San Francisco group Faith No...
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    effects of the war. In 483 BC, a new silver vein was discovered in the Laurion mines, and the profit from mining that silver was utilized to fund the...
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    north and Megaris to the west. The southern tip of the peninsula, known as Laurion, was an important mining region. The history of Attica is closely linked...
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    mining shifted into the mines of Laurion in Greece, and continued growing the surrounding empire. The silver mines at Laurion were very rich and helped provide...
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    1978, pp. 17–18, 23–24. Wood, J. R.; Hsu, Y-T.; Bell, C. (2021). "Sending Laurion Back to the Future: Bronze Age Silver and the Source of Confusion". Internet...
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    Komita 1982, pp. 59–60. Wood, J. R.; Hsu, Y-T.; Bell, C. (2021). "Sending Laurion Back to the Future: Bronze Age Silver and the Source of Confusion". Internet...
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    other hand, much of the wealth of Athens came from its silver mines at Laurion, where slaves, working in extremely poor conditions, produced the greatest...
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    Pangaeus in northern Greece and the silver mines located closer to home at Laurion, owned by the state, in Attica. However, despite evidence of silver coinage...
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    occurrences are in Utah; Mexico; the Ural and Altai Mountains; Sardinia; Laurion, Greece; Wallaroo, South Australia; Brazil and Broken Hill. Azurite is...
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  • placed ten times. The state's highest placement was in 2005, when Catherine Laurion was 1st runner-up to Allie LaForce of Ohio. Courtney Pizzimenti placed...
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    ISBN 0-214-66808-8) Van Meter, David. The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins. Laurion Press, 1990. Vecchi, Italo. Italian Cast Coinage. A descriptive catalogue...
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    and Thorikos to the north. Its territory included parts of the Mines of Laurion. According to Traill (1986), the center of the settlement was situated...
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    although the ten strategoi (generals) were elected. The silver mines of Laurion contributed significantly to the development of Athens in the 5th century...
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    silver. Over time, Athens' plentiful supply of silver from the mines at Laurion and its increasing dominance in trade made this the pre-eminent standard...
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    price of slaves varied in accordance with their ability. Xenophon valued a Laurion miner at 180 drachmas (i.e. about 775 grams of silver); while a workman...
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    Consisting of twenty four copper based artifacts found not too far from the Laurion mines, it is very possible that several of these objects were produced...
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    Bouchard, Frédéric; Paquette, Michel; Charbonneau, Simon; Lacelle, Denis; Laurion, Isabelle; Pienitz, Reinhard (19 July 2022). "Contrasted geomorphological...
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    d'Athènes (graduated 1891). In 1897, he defended his thesis on the mines of Laurion, the silver mines near Athens, whose rich deposits and intense exploitation...
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    doi:10.1111/arcm.12839. Wood, J.R.; Hsu, Y-T.; Bell, C. (2021). "Sending Laurion Back to the Future: Bronze Age Silver and the Source of Confusion". Internet...
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    two Persian invasions, a vein of silver ore had been discovered in the Laurion (a small mountain range near Athens), and the hundreds of talents mined...
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  • alongside the Sigynnae and the otherwise unknown Grauci in the "plain of Laurion", which is likely the eastern part of the Pannonian Basin. The Scythian...
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    graves of wealthy ancient Greek women. The city of Athens was nearby the Laurion mines, from which the Greeks extracted vast amounts of silver and obtained...
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