History and Culture
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History of the Acropolis
Read more: History of the AcropolisGeology & Geography The Acropolis rock is part of a Late Cretaceous limestone ridge (Higgins, 29) that cuts through the Attica plateau in the northeast to the southwest axis and includes the Likavitos hill, the Philopappos (Museum) hill,…
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Media: Timeline Photos
Read more: Media: Timeline PhotosThis is a slideshow that includes significant objects from each historical period of Ancient Greece, starting in the Mesolithic era, and ending in Byzantine times. Click on an image to enter the slideroom.
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Minoan Culture
Read more: Minoan CultureLanguage The Phaistos Disk is the earliest, and only script of its kind we have from the Minoans. It is dated to 1700 BCE and resembles Egyptian hieroglyphs. Around the same time, or soon after, a syllable based script…
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Olympic Games History
Read more: Olympic Games HistoryFor the ancient Greeks, the Olympic games existed since mythical times, so no definitive time of their inauguration can be identified with any certainty. The first Olympiad was held in 776 BCE, and this is the year that…
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Ships in Ancient Greece
Read more: Ships in Ancient GreeceGreece is surrounded by water and sprinkled with islands within a few hours sail one from the other. Naturally, its people flourished for three thousand years by mastering the waves and establishing commercial networks and cities. The Greek’s…