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I - 54 : Rhodes - Ancient Armed Neutrality
Aerial View of Rhodes - at the Back the Ancient Acropollis with Stadion & Temple of Apollo Never underestimate the power of a Map. In...
hbanziger
May 254 min read
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I - 75 : Cypresses - the Rare Earth of 2'000 BC?
Cypresses line the Road to my House in the South of France A row of Cypress trees lines the road to my property in the South of France....
hbanziger
May 45 min read
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I - 81 : Why only Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Can't believe - only 101 days to go until we set foot on the Myra, our sail boat this summer! Much of the Pharos (Lighthouse) of...
hbanziger
Apr 294 min read
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I - 86 : What was the Doric Hexapolis?
Mainstreet of the Dorian City of Camirus, 40 km SW of Rhodes, with the Fountain Square Was trying for months to find out more about the...
hbanziger
Apr 255 min read
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I - 91 : Trireme - Antiquity's Guided Missile
The Greek Navy Ship Olympias somewhere in the Aegean A few weeks ago I wrote about Persian Emperor (King of Kings) Xerxes ' efforts in...
hbanziger
Apr 194 min read
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I - 96 : The Parthenon's Incredible Resistance to Earthquake
The Parthenon survived dozens of Earthquakes over the 2'500 Years since its Construction It is only a year ago that I wrote a blog about...
hbanziger
Apr 154 min read
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I - 98 : How Rain made Sparta strong
The lush Mountains in the Peloponnese with their fertile Valleys receive a lot of Rain Mosf of my High School class mates hated history....
hbanziger
Apr 134 min read
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I - 111 : The Inevitable Decline of Sparta
300 Spartans held in 480 BC 120'000 Persians back for a full 3 Days - no Spartan survived This summer, after 2 ½ weeks of sailing, we...
hbanziger
Mar 305 min read
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I - 113 : Minotaur Myth - Echo from the Past?
Minoan Young Men playing with a Bull - would not call it Bull Fight So much is written about the Minotaur that covering it in my blog...
hbanziger
Mar 275 min read
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I - 117 : Xerxes' amazingly large Fleet
The Olympias, a Replica of a Greek Trireme, was built in 1987 using original Design Plans Few things amaze me more than the large numbers...
hbanziger
Mar 226 min read
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I - 127 : A Secret Persian - Carthage Alliance?
Carthage with its round Harbor around 300 BC One of my passions in life is reading maps. I find them so informative. They often convey...
hbanziger
Mar 105 min read
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I - 135 : Was Crete a Imperial Backwater without Roman Towns?
The Odeon in Gortyn, Rome's Provincial Capital for Crete and Cyrenaica in North Africa A good 4 months to go before sailing this summer –...
hbanziger
Mar 25 min read
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I - 143 : The quite adaptive Dorian Tribe
The Lindos Acropolis dates back to the Dorian Settlement around 900 BC For thousands of years, the Minoans lived on the island of Crete....
hbanziger
Feb 225 min read
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I - 194 : Minoans - First Civilisation in Europe
When Apostle Paul, a Roman citizen from Taurus (Adana today), sailed along the coast of Crete, he – like all other 275 passengers – had...
hbanziger
Jan 64 min read
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I - 197 : Colossus of Rhodes - the Art of Deterrence
Si vis pacem, para bellum . "If you want peace, prepare for war", the famous Roman politician Publius Flavius Renatus once said. His...
hbanziger
Jan 34 min read
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I - 199 : The Ingenuity of Ropes
When we sailed from Istanbul to Athens in 2022, we took the time to stop in Akrotiri, the Minoan site on Santorini's south coast ( F + 18...
hbanziger
Jan 13 min read
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I - 200 : Apostle Paul's Voyage to Rome (II)
Christmas is a good time to read Saint Paul's scriptures and spend time with loved ones. It also is the perfect time for "de-dusting" my...
hbanziger
Jan 1, 20252 min read
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H + 17 : A Dorian Port on Lycian Coast
Gliding into the ancient Port of Knidos where once Greek and Roman Ships harboured At 6 am it was time to lift anchor. We planned to...
hbanziger
Aug 15, 20243 min read
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H + 16 : Where once a Thousand Ships sailed
The Distance to Simi is 5 Miles - imagine the Sea here filled with 1'200 Persian Ships Two days ago, we arrived in the waters between the...
hbanziger
Aug 14, 20244 min read
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H + 14 : From Lycia to Dorian Lands
A Goat looking for Olives in the Old Theatre of Kaunos where now three Olive Trees grow Yesterday was our last day on Lycian territory....
hbanziger
Aug 12, 20244 min read
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