The Greek Island homes hidden from pirates
Thought ‘living under a rock’ was just a turn of phrase? Think again. Behold the ‘anti-piracy’ houses on the Greek island of Ikaria, centuries-old dwellings that were built under boulders to camouflage them in the landscape, so they couldn’t be spotted by pirates from the Aegean Sea. Described as a ‘unique survival system’ by the local …