A child plays football next to a marble bust of ancient Greek poet Homer in the central square of Vathy, on the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea, on August 3, 2026. Ithaca, the home to the hero Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, is far from Greece's main tourist hubs it has never been a regular stop for travellers. The release of the blockbuster film The Odyssey has the island's businesses and officials expecting a rise touristic activity. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

A boy stands next to a statue of Odysseus, sculpted by Korina Cassianou, in the town of Vathy on the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea, on August 3, 2026. Ithaca, the home to the hero Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, is far from Greece's main tourist hubs it has never been a regular stop for travellers. The release of the blockbuster film The Odyssey has the island's businesses and officials expecting a rise touristic activity. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

Tourists stand on the deck of a ferry heading to the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea, on August 3, 2026. Ithaca, the home to the hero Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, is far from Greece's main tourist hubs it has never been a regular stop for travellers. The release of the blockbuster film The Odyssey has the island's businesses and officials expecting a rise touristic activity. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP via Getty Images)

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This picture shows an engraved stone at the fortress of Ayanis near Van, in eastern Turkey, on August 4, 2026. Although it emerged later than the great Mesopotamian kingdoms of Assyria, Sumer, and Babylon, Urartu succeeded in uniting the tribal communities of the Autoru Mountains into a centralized state, building fortresses, provincial capitals, irrigation networks, and vast storage facilities to support an agricultural economy. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP via Getty Images)

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Mehmet Isikli, head of the Department of Near Eastern Archaeology at Ankara University poses at the fortress of Ayanis near Van, in eastern Turkey, on August 4, 2026. Although it emerged later than the great Mesopotamian kingdoms of Assyria, Sumer, and Babylon, Urartu succeeded in uniting the tribal communities of the Autoru Mountains into a centralized state, building fortresses, provincial capitals, irrigation networks, and vast storage facilities to support an agricultural economy. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP via Getty Images)

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / This aerial photograph, taken on August 4, 2026 shows the remains of the fortress of Ayanis near Van, in eastern Turkey. Although it emerged later than the great Mesopotamian kingdoms of Assyria, Sumer, and Babylon, Urartu succeeded in uniting the tribal communities of the Autoru Mountains into a centralized state, building fortresses, provincial capitals, irrigation networks, and vast storage facilities to support an agricultural economy. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP via Getty Images)

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / An archaeologist works on a stone engraved with Urartu language at the fortress of Ayanis near Van, in eastern Turkey, on August 4, 2026. Although it emerged later than the great Mesopotamian kingdoms of Assyria, Sumer, and Babylon, Urartu succeeded in uniting the tribal communities of the Autoru Mountains into a centralized state, building fortresses, provincial capitals, irrigation networks, and vast storage facilities to support an agricultural economy. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP via Getty Images)

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / An archaeologist works on a stone at the fortress of Ayanis near Van, in eastern Turkey, on August 4, 2026. Although it emerged later than the great Mesopotamian kingdoms of Assyria, Sumer, and Babylon, Urartu succeeded in uniting the tribal communities of the Autoru Mountains into a centralized state, building fortresses, provincial capitals, irrigation networks, and vast storage facilities to support an agricultural economy. (Photo by Ali IHSAN OZTURK / AFP via Getty Images)