The Med’s ancient sites – tick them off…
TheIndependent today has listed a 10 “must see” ancient sites around the Med:
1. Delphi
2. Mycenae
3. Knossos
4. Troy
5. Ephesus
6. Leptis Magna
7. Carthage
8. Algeria
9. Pont du Gard (France)
10. Agrigento (Sicily)
I’ve put in italics the ones I haven’t seen – a trip to Libya has been on my “must do one day” list for some time.
It is a slightly odd list, perhaps slanted by the travel agents to hand in the office, Algeria??, and where is Pompei and Herculaneum? So I reckon I’ll give myself 50 per cent – half-way there.
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Natalie,
Leave most of this silly list to others. Let the Indy readers join the mobs at Knossos and Agrigento while we enjoy Phaistos and Solunto or Segesta instead. Leptis, however, is a dream: I spent a month there with my Dutch painter friend last year. Would you like a copy of the catalogue we produced after our visit (“The Emperor’s Dream”)? I wrote the text, but it’s the pictures that are prettiest.
Comment by zenobia1 — June 20, 2006 @ 9:05 am
Egypt is not in this club, then?
Comment by Aydin — June 20, 2006 @ 5:52 pm
Well I was thinking of “on the Med” as being sites right beside the water, in which case Egypt only has Alexandria, which isn’t really in this class.
But then again Pont du Gard isn’t near the sea (although it is over water).
Probably best considered as a not-very-logical list – but a bit of fun anyway.
Comment by Natalie Bennett — June 20, 2006 @ 7:58 pm