This is the Island of Mykonos famous for the windmills. We took a boat to a small island of Delos where it is believed Apolo was born along with this twin sister Artemis. They were the children of the greek god Zeus. We took lots of photos but many don't have meaning without a lot of explanation. Delos was a main grain port and slave market. At its height Delos sold 10,000 slaves a day. Delos has the most complete residential quarters surviving from ancient Greece all from BC because it was destroyed and burned by pirated in 69 BC. The bottom photo is the palace of Cleopatra (see the two statues on the left). Nearly all of the statues are headless because site robbers stole them (many are in museums in England).
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