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imagine you're a sailor on a Greek tri
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sky blackening as a furious storm erupts
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over the Aian lightning cracks waves
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tower and your only hope is a massive
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stone shaped by human hands and tied
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with thick ropes before metal anchors
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existed ancient Greeks relied on these
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stone anchors huge slabs often weighing
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hundreds of pounds carved with precise
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holes for ropes when tempests threatened
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to smash ships against jagged rocks
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sailors hurled these anchors overboard
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the stone's sheer weight and rough
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surface bit into the seabed keeping the
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vessel from drifting to destruction some
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stones even had multiple holes allowing
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quick adjustments or emergency releases
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archaeologists have uncovered these
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anchors along Mediterranean coasts some
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still bearing the scars of ancient
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storms each one tells a story of
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survival ingenuity and the relentless
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power of nature next time you see a calm
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sea remember for the Greeks every voyage
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was a dance with disaster and stone
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anchors were their lifeline if you like
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what you have seen so far don't forget
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