Tower of the Winds
Ancient Greece
How the Ancient Greeks Measured Time Shows What they Valued
The ancient Greeks measured time in part because human beings have felt the need to track the passage of their hours and days since time immemorial, prompted certainly by the need to plant things at the appropriate time, on...
Ancient Greece
Athens Tower of the Winds is World’s Oldest Meteorological Station
The Tower of the Winds in Athens is the oldest meteorological station in the world, and one of the most important ancient monuments in Greece