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Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, vies for World Heritage status

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Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

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  1. Green Field Reporter

    Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, is a candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    LITOCHORO, Greece (AP) — Snow-capped for much of the year, Mount Olympus, mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, has captured the imagination through the millennia. Rising to 2,918 meters (9,573 feet) from a base practically at sea level, the ancient Greeks believed the throne of Ze…

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    Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, vies for World Heritage status (opens WMUR)

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    Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

  3. Christian Science Monitor

    Mount Olympus considered for World Heritage status (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    The World Heritage Committee will soon consider whether to designate Greece’s Mount Olympus as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Inclusion on that list would be a signal of the region’s environmental and cultural value, and could offer it stronger protections.

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