Eupalinos

A 64-year-old Dutch tourist who had been missing on the eastern Aegean island of Samos was found dead on Wednesday.

The woman, identified only as Brigitte, had disappeared on August 22 after hiking near the Tunnel of Eupalinos, a popular tourist attraction near the island's southeastern coast. Her body was discovered by a Belgian tourist in the area, who then alerted the authorities.

A search operation to locate a missing 64-year-old Dutch tourist on Samos has entered its third day.

The woman disappeared on Thursday morning on a hike. She had told a friend that she wanted to walk around the Eupalinos tunnel, from the outside, starting and ending at the town of Pythagoreio, where she was staying at a hotel.

A British tourist who disappeared on Wednesday from a beach in Rhodes was found dead on Thursday afternoon.

The lifeless body of the 48-year-old was found on Paradisi beach by a local resident.

An autopsy is expected to shed more light on the circumstances of his death.

From May visitors will be able to visit this marvel of ancient engineering, walking along the full 1,036m length of the tunnel through Mount Ambelos.

My shoes were covered in mud. Water from the roof dripped down onto my jacket. I was walking along a 9-meter-high tunnel. My head - thankfully, I wore a helmet - bumped against the rocks several times. But I didn't mind: Visiting the Eupalinian Aqueduct is a unique experience.

The Tunnel of Eupalinos, one of the most extraordinary monuments of craftmanship and construction (1,036 metres carved inside the mountain that towers over the town of Pythagorio on Samos) will be very soon accessible.

A photograph made available on Tuesday shows the inside of the tunnel of the Eupalinian Aqueduct in Pythagorio on the island of Samos, after its restoration. The work on the 1,036-meter tunnel was completed on Monday, reopening to the public the 6th century BC monument, which is regarded as one of the most important technical works of ancient times. [Simela Pantzartzi/EPA]