Xerxes Canal
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 21, 2024
The Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece, that juts into the Aegean Sea for some 50 kilometers, was once bisected by a canal a hundred fee...
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disc
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2022
The Phaistos Disc is an enigmatic disk of fired clay discovered in the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the Greek island of Crete, possibly dati...
Arkadiko Bridge: The World’s Oldest Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2021
One of the oldest arch bridges still in use is the Arkadiko Bridge or Kazarma Bridge, located near the modern road from Tiryns to Epidauros ...
Pericles' Funeral Oration, The Most Famous Speech in History
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 16, 2020
The Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens began in 431 BC and would last for almost 28 years. In the end, Sparta prevailed, but its he...
Arrhichion, The Olympic Champion Who Won After His Death
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2020
Pankration was a violet sport. Practiced in ancient Greece, this brutal combination of boxing and wrestling had virtually no rules. The obje...
The Tunnel of Eupalinos
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 10, 2020
Digging tunnels is probably among the most toughest engineering projects the ancient people undertook, because it required mastering several...
Helepolis: The Failed War Machine From Which Rose a Wonder of The Ancient World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 26, 2019
At the entrance to the harbor of the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, there once stood a colossal statue made of iron, ...
The Aqueduct of Loukous
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2019
In the Greek municipality of North Kynouria in Peloponnese, near the villa of Herodes Atticus, a wealthy Greek aristocrat and a Roman senato...
The Roadside Shrines of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 4, 2019
Roadside shrines erected in memory of those who lost their lives in road accidents are a common sight across Greece. They are found next to ...
A Short History of Showering
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2019
Personal hygiene hasn’t always been an integral part of grooming, yet the need to clean oneself easily and quickly was as pressing in ancien...
