The Immortality Commune of Gavdos: Russian Survivors, Ancient Myths, and the Search for Eternal Life
Far from the gray corridors of Soviet laboratories and the scorched ghost towns left behind by the Chernobyl disaster, a group of Russian scientists live quietly on the tiny, sun-bleached Greek island of Gavdos. With only around 50 permanent residents, Gavdos sits at the southernmost edge of Europe—a rocky outcrop adrift in the Libyan Sea, known more for its mythic beauty than nuclear intrigue.
Yet here, beneath olive trees and Grecian ruins, these scientists—once thought lost to history—have formed what some call an eccentric commune, others a secret society, and still others, a temple of immortality.
They claim to be seekers of eternal truth. But the whispers around them tell a stranger story—a post-apocalyptic brotherhood chasing the ancient secrets of immortality, hidden in sunlight,...
