Delos, Greece

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... been like in its heyday. The best know sculptures on the island are a row of lions. We anchored within the Bay of Delos and returned in the afternoon for lunch aboard. After we finished exploring the island, we boarded the yacht and returned to Mykonos ...

NOW DESERTED - GREEK ISLAND WAS THE CENTRE OF THE GREEK SPIRITUAL WORLD FOR 700 OR 800 YEARS. MANY TEMPLES BUILT HERE DURING THAT PERIOD. AND THEY ARE STILL HERE  -  BIGGER THAN POMPEII.

for ancient Greeks most sacred place because Apollo and Artemis were born there earliest inhabitants were 2500BC peak was 7th-4th c. BC town developed rapidly after 167BC when all commercial activity in the eastern Mediterranean was consolidated here ...