It is also worth noting that some type of catastrophic natural disaster happened here, possibly a tsunami preceded by an earthquake, around 480 BCE. All three altars are currently on display in the Regional Archaeological Museum of Gela. The third altar is showing a trio of female figures but they have yet to be positively identified. Another altar depicted Eos (goddess of the dawn) kidnapping Thanatos (personification of death). on the west coast of Magna Graecia, hence the credence given to this theory. With Medusa were her children Pegasus and Chrysaor. was miraculously saved from a shipwreck by a dolphin sent by Poseidon.
One depicted Medusa the Gorgon, the famed sea creature of Greek myths who had snakes for hair and turned anyone to stone who dared to look at her. Named the “archaic emporium”, the remains of three stone altars dating to approximately 6 th century BCE were found. Aerial photograph of a shipwreck on the beach of the Greek island of Zakinthos Stock Photo. It is situated on the southern Sicilian coast, and some curious archaeological remains were found here. This location, the Greek Baths in Gela in the province of Caltanissetta, deserves a mention although information is scarce. Please see the Hekate in Magna Graecia page for more information on this project.
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