Melos (island)
natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD
Melos is a volcanic island in the Cyclades and in prehistoric times served as an important source of obsidian in the Aegean Sea. Substantial remains of Bronze Age and Greco-Roman civilizations have been excavated on the island.
- Coordinates
- 36.71256, 24.42322
- Also known as
- Melos, Μᾶλος (grc), Μῆλος (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)