After 3,500 years, a replica of the legendary ship on which Jason and his Argonauts battled various creatures to recover the Golden Fleece, according to ancient mythology, has reached the ancient destination of Colchis, in what is modern-day Georgia, located at the eastern end of the Black Sea. A welcoming committee of local officials and a delegation of Greek parliamentarians were at the port to greet the “Argo”. According to Greek mythology, Jason and his team of selected Argonauts, set sail from Volos, named Iolcos in ancient times, on a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the ancient city of Colchis. Setting off from the beaches of Jason's hometown of Volos in central Greece last year, the modern day 28-metre wooden vessel is a reconstruction of an ancient Greek warship 'penteconter,' which consists of one tier of 50 oars and a ram used to attack and sink enemy ships.