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Archive for the ‘History’ Category

Cape Tainaron, the Mythical Gate to Hades

Jul 16

Poseidon's Sanctuary and Death OracleHeading towards southern Peloponnese, the shift from the prefecture of Messenia to that of Laconia is clearly reflected in the landscape. From evergreen hills and picturesque villages built at the shore of a beautiful blue sea to a wild and dominating scenery composed of naked from vegetation mountains, tower-houses built with […]

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Antikythera Mechanism: World’s Oldest Portable Computer

Jun 05

Antikythera Mechanism, fragment A side 1 The Shipwreck of Antikythera (Greek: Ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων), which is estimated to have happened between the 70–50 BC, was hiding a remarkable treasure. Until today, more than 300 items of great archaeological value, dating from the fourth until the first century BC, have been […]

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The Antikythera Shipwreck and its Treasures

Apr 05

The Philosopher of AntikytheraThe Antikythera Shipwreck

A heavy storm more than 2,000 years ago was the cause of a treasure of tremendous archaeological and technological importance to disappear in the deep sea in what is known as the Antikythera Shipwreck (Greek: Ναυάγιο των Αντικυθήρων), where it remained hidden until AD 1900, when another heavy storm became the cause of it to come back to light. But let’s take the story from the… middle! […]

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