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This 36.5m long passageway, constructed in 330-320 BCE leads from the athletes locker room into the stadium and is the entrance through which the athletes would have first appeared to the waiting spectators.
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Mark is a history writer based in Italy. His special interests include pottery, architecture, world mythology and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share in common. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the Publishing Director at WHE.
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Cartwright, M. (2012, May 09). Stadium Entrance, Nemea, Greece. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/613/stadium-entrance-nemea-greece/
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Cartwright, Mark. "Stadium Entrance, Nemea, Greece." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 09, 2012. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/613/stadium-entrance-nemea-greece/.
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Cartwright, Mark. "Stadium Entrance, Nemea, Greece." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 09 May 2012. Web. 26 Oct 2021.