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Ancient Diolkos Stone Road Allowed Ships to Go From Ionian to Aegean
May 3, 2026
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The Diolkos stone road, an ancient Greek engineering marvel, allowed ships to travel overland from the Ionian Sea to the Aegean, bypassing the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Like the Corinth Canal, which was finally constructed millennia later, it made passage around the peninsula much safer for the vessels, but it also meant backbreaking labor for the unfortunate []
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