Antiochus of Commagene built a summit tomb ringed by colossal gods he invented, and …
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Ani once rivalled Constantinople and now stands empty on the Turkish-Armenian frontier. The cathedral …
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Pamukkale’s white travertine terraces sit beneath the Greco-Roman city of Hierapolis, on one ticket. …
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Ephesus is the best-preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean. The Library of Celsus, …
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Gobekli Tepe was built by hunter-gatherers around 9600 BC, before farming or pottery. What …
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Hittite tablets from Hattusa mention Wilusa and a king called Alaksandu, the best external …
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Mycenae’s Lion Gate, the shaft graves Schliemann dug in 1876, and why the Mask …
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Visit Ithaca, the journey’s end of Homer’s Odyssey and home of Odysseus: the homecoming …
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Visit Corfu, the Odyssey’s island of the Phaeacians: Paleokastritsa and the petrified-ship legend, the …
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Visit Gozo, identified as Calypso’s island of Ogygia where Odysseus spent seven years: Calypso’s …