Archaeological Sites

Acropolis Archaeological Site

The Acropolis (Ακρόπολις) archaeological site includes monuments and artifacts going back at least to the Mycenaean era. In its 3000 years old history, the Acropolis of Athens has enjoyed a significant position both in the history to its host city,…
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Asprochaliko

The Paleolitchic rock shelter known as Ασπροχάλικο (Asprochaliko), is a small archaeological site in Epirus, Greece. According to the information on the site, this rock shelter was excavated between 1964 and 1966 and has a 6-meter sequence of Mousterian and…
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Bassae

Βάσσαι (Bassae, also transilterated as Bassai) is an archaeological site in the Pelopponese which is home to the Classical Era temple of Apollo Epikourios. The temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae of Figaleia still has its colonnade standing to this…
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Brauron

Brauron (Βραυρών, Βραυρώνα, also transliterated Vravron, Vravrona) is an ancient sanctuary in eastern Attica near Athens. It was dedicated to the Goddess Artemis and it can be related to the Brauronion on the Acropolis of Athens. Worship on the site can…
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Crete: Minoan Archaeological Sites

Crete (Κρήτη), home of the ancient Minoan civilization, is the largest Greek island in the center of the busy eastern Mediterranean sea lanes. Its rich historical heritage spans more than nine millennia, with its fertile, secure, and strategically placed land…
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Delos Archaeological Site

Delos (Δήλος) island, through its claim as the birthplace of Apollo was one of the most sacred places of ancient Greece, and through its central location in the Aegean Sea, was also one of the most robust trading centers of antiquity.…
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Delphi Archaeological Site

Delphi is one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece. The magnitude of the Delphi contributions to the entire ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean were significant, and the extensive excavations have unearthed a wealth of historical information and exquisite…
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Dimini Neolithic Archaeological Site

Dimini (Δίμηνι), is a Neolithic settlement in central Greece, near the Mesolithic settlement of Sesclo, and west of the modern city of Volos, in Thessaly, Greece. The excavations on the low hill revealed an extensive stone age settlement that was originally…
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Dodona Archaeological Site

Dodona (Δωδώνα, Δωδώνη, Dodoni) is an archaeological site in Epiros, Greece, about 22 km southwest from the town of Ioannina. For over a millennium and until the 4th century BCE the sanctuary of Zeus and Dione at Dodona was a renown…
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Epidaurus Archaeological Site

The Asklepieion of Epidaurus (Ασκληπιείον τής Επιδαύρου) is a renown ancient Greek healing center which is considered the cradle of medicinal arts, and the mother sanctuary of the plethora of other Asklepieia that were built throughout the Hellenic world. The…
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