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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The caves of Pan in Athens
Pan was one of the most important God of the classical era for Athenians, due to historical circunstancies…
In this video, we covered who was Pan, why was he adored and we visited all the sanctuaries around Athens, including Mount Poikilo, Mount Parnes, Mount Penteli, Mount Hymettus and Oinoe.
Here is my take about the German movie, I’m Off Then, about the a comedian doing a Camino de Santiago.
In this review I speak about the movie and the representation of the Camino.
We made a review of the Italian movie: “Buen Camino” and we analyzed the accuracy of portrayal of the Camino de Santiago.
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The Greek Pyramid of Kambia
In the 5th episode of this series, we are going to explore the blockhouse of Kambia, which is one of the ancient greek buildings considered in the group of pyramids.
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Ancient Piraeus
In this video, we explore some of the ruins of Ancient Piraeus and recount the history of the city from it’s inception until the abandonment.
The border between Ancient Athens, Ancient Megara and Ancient Beotia contains some of the best preserved ruins of continental Greece.
In this video, we are going to visit two ancient watch towers spectacularly well preserved, near Psatha, Greece.
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The Cyclopean Ruins of Mycenae
Mycenae was one of the most important centers of the Mycenaean civilization, has the most impressive remains including a cyclopean citadel and a lot of huge chamber tombs or Tholos.
In this video, we explore the palace, the tombs and the archaeological museum.
In this video, we explore Nemea, host of the ancient Nemean games, also dedicated to Zeus, like the Olympic Games.
We visited the stadium, the main archaeological site and the archeological museum.