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Hypothesis, it is now suggested that in the Bronze Age, a large earthquake caused a landslide to fill in a sea channel creating the bridge between the Paliki and the main island. One implication of this is that the Paliki
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non-Greek nationals becoming residents and developing properties within the village. There has also been a migration back to
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