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The Canal of Xerxes in Northern Greece: Explorations 1991-2001

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Investigation of the 2 km canal built by King Xerxes across a isthmus on the Athos peninsula in northern Greece to allow his fleet safe access into the Aegean in advance of the Persian invasion of the early fifth century BCE.

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