This image collected by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Envisat spacecraft is focused on the history-rich Greek island of Crete, which is located at the intersection between the Aegean and Libyan Seas. Both of them are located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
The photo also includes a part of the Cyclades i... |
21 October 2011
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For decades, archaeologists and historians believed that our ancestors and predecessors who moved out of Africa did so on land alone. Discoveries placed the common use of boats way later than the first migrations. However, a new finding appears to turn that theory on its head. According to an announcement made on Mon... |
4 January 2011
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New evidence seems to attest the belief that early hominids, such as Homo erectus, might have left Africa on rafts, hundreds of thousands of years ago. Experts suggest that stone hand axes found in the Mediterranean Basin, and on the island of Crete, might have been used by these people to construct rafts and other t... |
11 January 2010
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Any myth contains a grain of truth. This is also the case of Atlantis, the country swallowed by the sea. The myth of the Atlantis, first mentioned by Plato 2400 years ago, talks about a real ancient civilization destroyed by the sea. The Atlantic Ocean got its name from Atlantis, as many people placed its location in... |
15 January 2008
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