The National Herald notes in a recent travel report that the Peloponnese region has three peninsulas that point out from its southern half. Some people call these the `feet’ of Peloponnesos and on the easternmost point of the feet is the city Nafplion or Nafplio. A little over an hour-and-a-half drive from Athens, Nafplio is a small town with a big history. As you travel out of the capital region of Attica past the Corinthos Canal and into Peloponnesos, each small village may have an intricate story to tell.
Along with its neighboring cities, civilization in Nafplio dates back to ancient pre-history and the time of Gods and myths. It has family ties to Poseidon the God of the sea. Mentions of the ancient city have even been found on Egyptian funeral tombs, showing the influence and reach of this small seaport. Ties to Egypt present themselves in other ways, as you will find when visiting the ruins of a pyramid-like structure just 20 minutes outside of the city. It is formally called the Pyramid of Elliniko and it is located more inland in the small village called Elliniko. The story is that in this municipal region called Argos there were important roads leading to neighboring municipalities, and the road passed by this pyramid. The structure is nowhere near the size of the great pyramids in Egypt, and in its function, it may have served more as watchtowers or storage centers. The consensus seems to lean towards these and other ruins of pyramids throughout the region being used for communication and security.
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