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2. Naxos - Wikipedia

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   Naxos (/ ˈ n æ k s ɒ s,-s oʊ s /; Greek: Νάξος, pronounced) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of the archaic Cycladic culture . The island is famous as a source of emery , a rock rich in corundum , which until modern times was one of the best abrasives available.

3. Naxos (Sicily) - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Naxos map. Naxos or Naxus (Ancient Greek: Νάξος) was an ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia, presently situated in modern Giardini Naxos near Taormina on the east coast of Sicily. Much of the site has never been built on and parts have been excavated in recent years. Its remains are open to the public and an on-site museum contains ...

4. Archaeological Museum of Naxos - Wikipedia

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   Archaeological Museum of Naxos (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Νάξου) is a museum in Naxos Greece.. This newly declared historical monument is located in a Venetian building, built some time between 1600 and 1800 for the Jesuit school established in 1700, later becoming the Archaeological Museum in 1972.

5. Naxos (city) - Wikipedia

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   Naxos (Greek: Νάξος; Italian: Nasso) is a city and a former municipality on the island of Naxos, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. [ 2 ]

6. Kouros of Apollonas - Wikipedia

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   Two more unfinished, over-life-size kouroi, cut free from their quarry but with their feet broken off, the Kouroi of Flerio are located at Melanes on Naxos in a village garden. One of these would have been a higher and the other a lower kouros, i.e. one would have stood 5.5 metres high without a plinth and the other would have stood the same ...

7. Cave of Zas (Naxos) - Wikipedia

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   The Cave of Zas, or Cave of Zeus, is an ancient Greek cave located on Mt. Zas on the island of Naxos. The cave was occupied from the Late Neolithic to Early Cycladic III periods. Due to the lack of crop processing residue found, archaeologists suggest that the cave was not used for year-round settlement, but for herding animals during the ...