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Delphi: Navel of the World
History, Archaeology Dr John Tidmarsh History, Archaeology Dr John Tidmarsh

Delphi: Navel of the World

Legend has it that Zeus was determined to discover where the centre of the world lay. And so he sent out two eagles from each end of the cosmos. They met at Delphi which Zeus then declared was the omphalos (navel) of the world and which, over centuries, transformed itself into the leading oracular sanctuary of the Classical world.

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