Hadrian’s Aqueduct: A 1,863-year-old Roman solution to Athens’ water scarcity problem
The history of the aqueduct-monument, unknown to many, commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian - It spans eight municipalities of Attica over a length of 24 kilometers and is being revived to supply the capital with one million cubic meters of water annually, exclusively for irrigation
Grief in Crete: Damage to the thousand-year-old pine tree that inspired Nikos Kazantzakis (photos)
This particular plane tree is mentioned in the book "Captain Michalis"
Who was Lord Elgin: He lived as a plunderer, died pursued by his creditors
The life of the Scottish aristocrat who went down in history as the perpetrator of the barbaric theft of the Parthenon Sculptures, simply because...he wanted to lend an ancient grandeur to his ancestral estate