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Greece's Most Underrated Site Is a 2,500-year-old Monument Most Tourists Don't See — but This Cruise Line Takes You There
Abercrombie & Kent's Adriatic Voyage takes passengers through the heart of the Corinth Canal. Commonly referred to as the cradle of Western civilization, Greece is rich with archaeological ...
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The incredible 'mini Suez Canal' in Europe that took 2,500 years to build
The Corinth Canal is an impressive artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of ...
The $650M fight to save the Isthmus of Chignecto, the narrow strip of marshland connecting N.B. and N.S.
Isthmus is a Greek word that became Latinized, changing its ending from “-os” to “-us,” for a narrow strip of land ...
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The Largest Harbor in Ancient Greece Is Centuries Older Than We Thought
Built on the Gulf of Corinth, Lechaion was the largest harbor ... The port was built on an isthmus, a narrow neck of land with sea on either side such as where the Panama and Suez canals are ...