In search of Odysseus's Ithaca
Updated on 09 January 2007
A British businessman is trying to prove the birthplace of Odysseus really does exist.
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It's one of the founding stories of Western civilisation -the epic journey home to Ithaca by Odysseus following his victory in the Trojan War.
It's long been argued whether Homer's tale is pure myth.
Now British businessman Robert Bittlestone has set out to prove that the Greek hero's homeland does exist.
But his controversial hunch about Ithaca's actual location would only make sense by showing the region had been transformed, possibly by a massive earthquake.
So in October, he set out to prove his theory by drilling a borehole on the Greek island of Kefallonia - with Channel Four News having exclusive access to the project.
Our Science Correspondent Julian Rush reports on how the evidence found there may fundamentally change our view of the Ancient World.
