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Alexander the Great Palace Reopens and The New Tyrannosaur Species

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The Palace of Alexander the Great is reopening plus, a new subspecies of tyrannosaur is found. Also, this day in history, an advancement for transferring goods via trains. Palace of Alexander the Great (GNN) T. Mcraeensis (NPR) (AP News) (Nature) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's another edition of the Cool Stuff Ride Home Podcast.

0:32.6

I'm Marcus Paff. He's Reggie Rizzou.

0:34.6

On today's episode, the Palace of Alexander the Great

0:39.2

is reopening after 16 years. Plus, a new subspecies of Tyrannosaur is found. Also, this

0:46.0

day in history, an advancement for transferring goods via trains. Coming up, it's cool stuff

0:51.1

right home.

0:52.1

If you've never heard of I-Gai, you're not alone.

0:55.0

I'd never heard of it either, but if you're like me, when you find out what it was or is, you're going to find it pretty cool.

1:02.0

I-Gyghai is a palace in the capital city of ancient Macedonia, built more than 2,300 years ago, that belonged to Alexander the Great, the ancient Greek king of Macedonia.

1:13.6

And it was just recently reopened to the public after 16 years of renovation.

1:18.6

A bit more on Alexander at just 20 years of age, he succeeded his father, Philip II, an event that took place in 336 BC. His palace, which per GNN, is similar to the U.S.

1:31.1

Capitol building in terms of square footage, was the largest building in classical Greece,

1:36.3

and served as the setting for any number of war councils and celebratory feasts. It was also where

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