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  • Reconstruction of the Acropolis around 480 BCE

    Archaic Acropolis

    Archaic Acropolis

    7th Century BCE During the 7th c. BCE monumental sculpture and architecture began its development in mainland through a number of building projects in the Acropolis of Athens, at cape Sounion in the southern tip of Attica and…

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  • Acropolis about 1200 BCE reconstruction

    Prehistoric Acropolis

    Prehistoric Acropolis

    Stone Age The chronicle of the Acropolis of Athens is lost in prehistory, to a time even before the plane of Attica began to be cultivated. While the area around Attica was inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic period…

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  • Acropolis Reconstruction Drawing

    History of the Acropolis

    History of the Acropolis

    Geology The Acropolis rock is part of a Late Cretaceous limestone ridge (Higgins) that cuts through the Attica plateau in the northeast to the southwest axis and includes the Likavitos hill, the Philopappos (Museum) hill, the hill of…

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  • Featured image with several Greek statues from various eras

    Ancient Greece Timeline

    Ancient Greece Timeline

    Petralona scull(Dating estimates vary widely from 700000 to 160000 years before present) Paleolithic Period(2.5 million – 10000 BCE) Apidima Cave scull fragment is the earliest example of modern humans (early Homo sapiens) found outside Africa. 210000 years ago…

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  • Map of Ancient Greece

    Map of Ancient Greece

    Map of Ancient Greece

    This map displays the ancient Greek cities, settlements, places of interest, and centers of influence across the classical world, spanning a multitude of historical eras and modern countries. Click on each rectangle to see a larger view of…

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