Was Odysseus’ Ithaca Never an Island? Scholars Challenge Centuries-Old Assumption

13 July 2026 at 19:54

Paliki peninsula on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Image credit: Christos Vittoratos / CC BY-SA 3.0.

For as long as readers have pored over Homer’s Odyssey they have pictured Ithaca, the homeland Odysseus fights for ten years to reach, as an island unto itself.

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This 2,600-Year-Old Tomb Was Filled With Bells. But All the Bells Were Deliberately Silenced

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By: Tudor Tarita

13 July 2026 at 11:53

Collection of ancient bronze bells with intricate designs and patina.

Archaeologists argue the bells were ritually “deactivated” after peace made their original purpose obsolete.

Spanish Cave Sanctuary Reveals More Than 11,500 Years of Activity

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By: Enrico de Lazaro

9 June 2026 at 19:46

Sala Keimada, a chamber of Cueva Palomera in Burgos, Spain. Image credit: Ortega-Martínez et al., doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105818.

New radiocarbon dates from Sala Keimada, a hard-to-reach chamber of Cueva Palomera in the province of Burgos, northern Spain, suggest that generations of people returned to the sacred space from the end of the Ice Age through the Iron Age, leaving behind art, structures and offerings.

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