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Monday, April 18, 2016

On Greece's Mount Athos, No Women Allowed

In this week's Maphead column, Ken Jennings explores the "Autonomous Monastic State" of Greece. On a small, rocky peninsula jutting out into the Aegean Sea is Mount Athos, home to 20 of the world's most ancient and remote monasteries. Today, the mountain ...


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