Diolkos: An Ancient Trackway That Carried Ships Over Land
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2018
In ancient times, Greek merchants sailed all around the Mediterranean Sea carrying goods from Spain to Phoenicia and from Carthage to Egypt ...
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Tower of The Winds: The World’s First Weather Station
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2018
The Tower of the Winds, or the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, is an elegant octagonal marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens. It is...
Elgin Marbles: A Piece of The Parthenon in London
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2017
Should a museum keep artistic treasures it acquired under dubious circumstances a long time ago, or should it return them to their country o...
The Hermits of Karoulia of Mount Athos
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 8, 2017
Mount Athos, located on a Greek peninsula in the Aegean Sea, is home to one of the oldest surviving monastic community on Earth. The mountai...
The Sponge Divers of Greece
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2016
Most sponge that we use today are synthetic, but in the old days sponge was collected from the sea bed. Some of the finest-quality sea spong...
The Dance of Zalongo
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2016
Above the village of Kamarina, near Preveza, Greece, is the historic cliffs of Mount Zalongo. It was here in 1803, during the Souliote War, ...
The Windmills of Lasithi Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2016
The Lasithi Plateau in eastern Crete, Greece, is situated 800 meters above sea level. Despite the high altitude, the water table here is ext...
The Historic Bridge of Plaka
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2015
The Plaka Bridge, over Arachthos River, was the largest stone one-arch bridge in Greece and the Balkans, and the third largest one-arch ston...
Petaloudes: The Valley of Butterflies
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2015
The Valley of Butterflies, also known as Petaloudes Valley, is located on the western side of the Greek island of Rhodes, about 25 kilometer...
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Around the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 11, 2015
Throughout history, thousands of wars have been fought and millions of soldiers have lost their lives, but only an insignificant fraction of...
