October 28, 2017
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In his fifth-century-BC “Histories,” Herodotus mentions Lake Ohrid, writing that babies were tied by the foot to keep them from tumbling into the water and that fish were so abundant “that a man has only to open his trap-door and to let down a basket by a rope” to get himself a good catch. According to Herodotus | More about the Bay of Bones | <<< | >>>

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