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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Delos' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
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| Island in Greece, historical meeting-ground for the Delian League | WIKI |
| The island of Delos (/xcbx88dixcbx90lxc9x92s/; Greek: xcex94xcexaexcexbbxcexbfxcfx82 [xcbx88xc3xb0ilos]; Attic: xcex94xe1xbfx86xcexbbxcexbfxcfx82, Doric: xcex94xe1xbexb6xcexbbxcexbfxcfx82), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. | WIKI |
| The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. | WIKI |
| The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 | WIKI |
| Investigation of ancient stone huts found on the island indicate that it has been inhabited since the 3rdxc2xa0millennium BC. | WIKI |
| [2] By the writing of the Odyssey, the island was already famous as the birthplace of the twin gods Apollo and Artemis (although there seems to be some confusion of Artemis' birthplace being either Delos or the island of Ortygia). | WIKI |
| A number of "purifications" were performed by the city-state of Athens in an attempt to render the island fit for the proper worship of the gods. | WIKI |
| The first took place in the 6thxc2xa0century BC, directed by the tyrant Pisistratus who ordered that all graves within sight of the temple be dug up and the bodies moved to another nearby island. | WIKI |
| In the 5thxc2xa0century BC, during the 6thxc2xa0year of the Peloponnesian war and under instruction from the Delphic Oracle, the entire island was purged of all dead bodies. | WIKI |
| It was then ordered that no one should be allowed to either die or give birth on the island due to its sacred importance and to preserve its neutrality in commerce since no one could then claim ownership through inheritance. | WIKI |
| [3] Four years later, all inhabitants of the island were removed to Atramyttium in Asia as a further purification. | WIKI |
| After the Persian Wars the island became the natural meeting-ground for the Delian League, founded in 478xc2xa0BC, the congresses being held in the temple (a separate quarter was reserved for foreigners and the sanctuaries of foreign deities). | WIKI |
| The island had no productive capacity for food, fiber, or timber, which was all imported. | WIKI |
| In 167 or 166xc2xa0BC, after the Roman victory in the Third Macedonian War, the Roman Republic ceded the island of Delos to the Athenians, who expelled most of the original inhabitants. | WIKI |
| However, Delos' commercial prosperity, construction activity, and population waned significantly after the island was assaulted by the forces of Mithridatesxc2xa0VI of Pontus in 88 and 69xc2xa0BC, during the Mithridatic Wars with Rome. | WIKI |
| Evidence has been found of Roman baths, coins, an aqueduct, residential and elite houses, as well as multiple churches, basilicas and a monastery all from the 1st - 6th centuries AD, which, however, does not suggest that the island was continuously inhabited in the period. | WIKI |
| The small Sacred Lake in its circular bowl, now intentionally left dry by the island's caretakers to suppress disease-spreading bacteria,[15] is a topographical feature that determined the placement of later features. | WIKI |
| The 2001 Greek census reported a population of 14 inhabitants on the island. | WIKI |
| The island is administratively a part of the municipality of Mxc3xbdkonos. | WIKI |
| According to more recent numbers, in the year 2011 the island counted 24 inhabitants. | WIKI |
| Delos, even though a small (350.64 ha), rocky island in the centre of the Aegean Sea, was considered as xe2x80x9cthe most sacred of all islandsxe2x80x9d (Callimachus, 3rd century BC) in ancient Greek culture. | UNESCO |
| The island was first settled in the third millennium BC. | UNESCO |
| The small island became soon the maximum emporium totius orbis terrarium (S. P. Festus, 2nd century AD) xe2x80x93 the greatest commercial centre of the whole world. | UNESCO |
| The prosperity of the island and the friendly relations with the Romans were the main cause of its destruction. | UNESCO |
| Since then, the island fell rapidly into decline and was gradually abandoned. | UNESCO |
| The monuments that have been excavated up to now speak most eloquently for the grandeur of the sacred island and illuminate a past civilisation, which was Europe's cradle and wet nurse. | UNESCO |
| The entire island is an archaeological site, which, along with the neighbouring islands of Rheneia, Greater and Lesser Rematiaris, constitutes an immense archaeological site. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): The island of Delos bears unique witness to the civilizations of the Aegean world since the 3rd millennium BC. | UNESCO |
| From the 7th century BC to the pillage by Athenodoros in 69 BC, the island of Delos was one of the principal Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries. | UNESCO |
| According to a Homeric hymn, the island, which until then had been floating, became anchored to the floor of the ocean. | UNESCO |
| Kynthos, the mountain of Zeus, and the wheel-shaped lake, close to which the pregnant Leto suffered labor pains for nine days and nights, remain essential landmarks of the island's sacred geography, which was clearly defined by the additions made to the Delian sanctuary to Apollo between the 6th and the 1st centuries BC. | UNESCO |
| Nowadays, the entire island is designated as an archaeological site. | UNESCO |
| The only modern constructions on the island are the Museum, the refectory and a few small houses for the personnel, which were necessary for the functioning of the property as an archaeological site. | UNESCO |
| The entire island of Delos is an archaeological site, protected under the provisions of Law 3028/2002 xe2x80x9cOn the Protection of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage in generalxe2x80x9d. | UNESCO |
| Despite the major practical difficulties stemming from its remote location, which greatly exacerbates the conditions for the implementation of any kind of works, antiquity guards, archaeologists, conservators, architects and technicians reside on the island throughout the year carrying out important conservation, restoration and site-presentation work, gradually rendering the site accessible, more xe2x80x9clegiblexe2x80x9d, comprehensible and friendly to the numerous visitors. | UNESCO |