It's not every day that you stumble across an ancient Greek cannonball. This was one of a few in what was once a munitions store for a catapult installation defending the walls of Segesta in western Sicily. Segesta by the way is just one of the more remote archaeological sites we have visited on our travels looking for signs of those first inhabitants and societies around the Mediterranean. Why not join us on our explorations?
Ancient Corinth had two massive, port cities, Kenchreai and Lechaion on either side of the Isthmus of Corinth. The two p
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The words trading post, colonies and emporium are sometimes loosely used in the context of the ancient maritime trading
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