Delos

You can see Delos from the shores of Mykonos and the beauty of the island and its surroundings inspire all who visit. It is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in all of Greece. There have been extensive archaeological excavations on the island, revealing ruins that tell tales of Delos as a holy sanctuary, dating back over a millennium before Greek mythology named it as the birthplace of the Greek gods Apollo (the God of Light) and his twin sister Artemis (the Goddess of Hunting).
Ruins of ancient stone huts on Delos date back to the 3rd millennium BCE and from 900 BCE and 100 CE, the island became known as a religious center. Eventually it became a site of religious pilgrimage for Ionians after they underwent a number of “purifications” at the command of the city-state of Athens around the 6th century BC.

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