May
25
/ 2018
According to reports from the Greek City Times and other news outlets, a 2,300-year-old tomb in Turkey once revered as a holy man’s shrine is no such thing. Instead, the ‘shrine’ is actually the final resting place of a famous ancient Greek boxer. Experts have found an inscription that definitively proves that it was actually the tomb of a Greek Olympic hero. Who was the ancient sporting hero whose tomb was for so many years confused with the final resting place of a holy man? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"48981","attributes":{"alt":"The rock tomb located on a hill outside Turgut village, Marmaris, Turkey. (Image: neoskosmos)","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px; height: 343px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] The rock tomb located on a hill outside Turgut village, Marmaris, Turkey. (Image: neoskosmos) The Revered ‘Saints’ Tomb
