Tomb of Homer Ios

Tomb of Homer Ios

Quick facts Location: a hilltop at Plakoto, in the far north of Ios, above the bay of the same name. What it is: a small stone and marble monument, about a metre high, with an inscribed marble plaque, surrounded by carved Hellenistic period headstones. Claim: local and ancient tradition holds this as the burial place … Read more

Skarkos Early Cycladic Settlement Ios

Skarkos Early Cycladic Settlement Ios

Quick facts Location: a hilltop in Kambos, one of the island’s most fertile areas, about 1 kilometre from Chora. Occupied: from around the middle of the third millennium BC, during the Early Cycladic II period, with a later cemetery added on part of the same hill in the middle of the second millennium BC. Significance: … Read more