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Theft of Greek column capital at Ancient Olympia

ATHENS, Greece – Greece's Culture Ministry says a column capital has been stolen from the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia, one of the country's most important.

The ministry says the capital, part of a 6th century Byzantine church on the grounds of the guarded site, was found to be missing...
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