Ancient Greece's Restored Tower of Winds Keeps its Secrets

It is said to be the world's first weather station, to date back more than 2,000 years, and to have been used by merchants to tell the time - even in darkness. The Tower of the Winds, still standing on a slope on Athens's ancient Acropolis hill despite attempts by Lord Elgin to move it to Britain, has been restored and re-opened to the public for the first time in nearly 200 years. No one knows who funded its lavish construction - the octagonal monument is made almost entirely...

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