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History of Ancient Olympia

The sanctuary at Olympia (Ολυμπία) is positioned in a serene and fertile valley between the Alpheios and the…

Geology & Geography | Γεωλογία & Γεωγραφία The Acropolis rock is part of a Late Cretaceous limestone ridge…

Stone Age Human habitation on Kefalonia began as early as the Middle Palaeolithic period, roughly 100,000 to 40,000…

Kos (alternatively spelled Cos or Kôs) is a Greek island in the Dodecanese archipelago, located in the southeastern…

A slideshow of some of the best examples of Ancient Greek sculpture, architecture, and significant cultural artifacts.

Acropolis Drawings and Measurements by Francis Penrose, 1888Media: Penrose Acropolis Plates This is a collection of art and…

This is a collection that includes significant objects from each historical period of Ancient Greece, starting in the…

Language The Phaistos Disk is the earliest, and only script of its kind we have from the Minoans. It…

For the ancient Greeks, the Olympic games existed since mythical times, so no definitive time of their inauguration…

The exhibition “Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealed” (Greek: Η Πύλος του Νέστορα: Ένα μυκηναϊκό βασίλειο αποκαλύπτεται), presented…

Greece is surrounded by water and sprinkled with islands within a few hours sail one from the other.…

The trireme was a long, maneuverable war vessel with three banks of oars (a total of 170 oarsmen).…