In this video, we explore 6 grafitis from Ancient Greece, located in the area of Laurion, next to the ancient mines of silver., including the farm of Timesios, the graffiti of Lykinos and How to visit the graffitis.
Author: esteban
In this video, we make an analysis of the hike between Bray and the church of Saint James, in Dublin 8, next to the Guinness factory, the description of the route, including pros and cons and whether is worth doing it.
This hike was the first officially recognized Camino in Ireland and it was established in 2016/2017 and it was the first of many official camino trails in Ireland.
The route follows the coastline, passing by beautiful beaches, remains of the Examilia Wall, bunkers from WWII and some ancient ruins attributed to the lost population of Ancient Schinous.
Cenchreae is one of the most interesting open archaelogical sites of Greece, including ruins from Ancient times, Roman Times and Bizantine Times, above and under water.
Cenchreae was visited by Saint Paul, during his journey across Greece, and I was named in the Bible.
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The town of Ancient Epidaurus
In this video, we visited Mycenaean and roman tombs, underwater ruins, the acropolis, the defensive walls and more.
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The underwater ruins of Laurion
In this video, we explore the underwater ruins in Laurion area in Greece, famous in antiquity for the silver mines, visiting 2 amazing beaches: Pounta Zeza and Limani Pasa.
In this second video of this animated series, we explore how the route peaked and started to decline in the 1400s, including never heard before reasons.
Hi fellow adventurers! I’ve finally published my eBook about the Camino de Santiago, called “Ultreia, Suseia et Mageia” where I are discussed all topics related to having the most amazing experience on the Camino, but I also cover often misunderstood history of the Camino.
Here you can download the first chapters for free.
In this first video of this animated series, we explore the context in which the tomb of the apostle Saint James a.k.a Santiago was “discovered” and how the French Way was developed, including very interesting yet unknown facts, covering from the Fall of the Roman Empire up to the 14th century.
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The silver mines of Laurion
The mines of Laurion played an integral part in the emergence of Athens as a Greek superpower.
The mines abundant silver not only made Athens one of the wealthiest cities in Ancient Greece, but it provided the resources necessary to build a fleet large enough to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis in 480BCE.
In this video, we are going to discuss the production of silver in Laurion and to show the remains of the facilities, like washeries, cisterns, decanters, galleries, ovens and more…
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