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an old black and gold plate with sea animals on it's side, in front of a white background

The Greeks Impact to marine biology was that they were the first one to take notes of the different species of fish and other creatures that lived in the ocean as seen on the Greek Bowl Above. The Greeks were early explorers of the Mediterranean sea.

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a bird statue flying in the sky on a cloudy day

Translucent cobalt blue; trails and blobs in opaque red and opaque white.Solid cylindrical body tooled at front to make a large open mouth, tapering to point at back; under body, cylindrical stem and a larger circular pad

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the word fish is made out of small black and white letters, which appear to be in

The Greek word for fish is ICHTHUS ~ an acronym for Iesous (’Іησοφς) Jesus ~ Christos (Χριστος) Christ ~Theou (Θεοφ) God Yos (Υίος) Son ~ Soter (Σωτηρ) Savior. The fish is an ancient Christian symbol known from 1st century catacombs in Rome.During times of persecution, Christians would scratch a fish symbol on the ground as means to distinguish friend from foe. A believer would draw half the fish in the dirt & another would complete the drawing to communicate their shared faith.

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an intricately carved gold object on display

c.600 BC A fish of solid gold,adorned with reliefs which represent a flying eagle,lions pulling down their prey,a monstrous sea-god among his fishes.This relic was found in Vettersfelde,Brandenburg.It is a product of the ancient Ionian workshops.Ancient Greek jewellery.Scythian jewellery.Altes Museum (Berlin) Ground Floor.Vettersfelde Treasure. The objects in the trove are connected to the animal-themed art of the Scythians. The origin of the trove remains mysterious.

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