Descendants of Persians Visit Xerxes’ Canal Site in Greece 2,500 Years Later
Iranian officials visit the Xerxes Canal site in northern Greece. Credit: Evangelos Venetis For the first time since Xerxes’ fleet famously passed through the canal in Greece on the narrow isthmus connecting the Mount Athos Peninsula with the rest of Chalkidiki 2,500 years ago, descendants of the
