Somewhere in Athens, a pressure washer is fighting a 2,400-year-old losing battle against the ghost of a philosopher's BO.
Ancient Athens gets a power wash but millennia of grime and philosopher BO linger
Workers are pressure-washing the ancient Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, the site of the first modern Olympics in 1896, ahead of a ceremony to hand the Olympic flame to Los Angeles for 2028. The marble structure, built into a ravine, has hosted games since antiquity, but recent grime had dimmed its glow.
Source: Ancient Athens gets a power wash but millennia of grime and philosopher BO linger — Fark
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