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In this Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 photo, visitors row the Olympias, replica of an ancient galley, at Saronic gulf in southern Athens. The 37-meter (121-foot) wooden vessel moored off southern Athens is an experimental reconstruction of the trireme, the sleek ancient Greek warship that halted a Persian invasion of Europe and ruled the Mediterranean for centuries.Every summer, visitors can get a whiff of life in the galleys 2,500 years ago by joining the crew of the Olympias, and work up a sweat rowing it. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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