Nea Potidea

Nea Poteidaia (Greek: Νέα Ποτείδαια, also Νέα Ποτίδαια) is a small town in Moudania, in the Chalkidiki Prefecture of Greece. Built on the site of the ancient city of Potidaea, 33 kilometers south-west of Poligiros, it was founded in 1922 and today has a population of 900. The history of Potidea, which existed on the spot, goes back to the early 7th century B.C. when it was a Corinthian colony. The place held a strategic position in ancient times. The village of Nea Potidea (New Potidea) as it exists was founded in 1922 by refugees from Eastern Thrace and Kololimnos. In 1960, archeologists discovered the bones of a young girl believed to have died almost 700,000 years ago. These are the oldest skeletal remains ever found in Greece. Nea...