by Manolis Spanakis

by Manolis Spanakis

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Milos of Venus part 1 From Adamas to Antimilos

Milos (Greek, Μήλος, classic Greek: Μῆλος – Melos, Doric Greek: Μάλος – Malos), is a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group. The island is famous for the statue of Aphrodite (the "Venus de Milo", now in the Louvre), and also for statues of the Greek god Asclepius (now in the British Museum) and the Poseidon and an archaic Apollo in Athens. The Municipality of Milos also includes the uninhabited offshore islands of Antimilos and Akradies. The 2001 census population was 4,771 inhabitants.

Obsidian from Milos was a commodity as early as 13,000 years ago. Milos' natural glass used for razor sharp stone tools was transported for thousands of miles well before farming began. Andrew Colin Renfrew, a prominent British archeologist, wrote: "There is no early farming village in the Near East that doesn't get obsidian".


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