Attica

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…
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Acropolis Museum

The Acropolis Museum (Μουσείο Ακρόπολης) shelters artifacts found in excavations at the adjacent Acropolis of Athens. Highlights include the sculptures from all the major buildings on the Acropolis: the Parthenon, the caryatids of the Erechtheion, the sculptures from…
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Agora of Athens Archaeological Site

The Agora (Αγορά) of Athens today is an archaeological site located beneath the northwest slope of the Acropolis. The word “agora” applies to an assembly of people and by extend marks the gathering place. In modern Greek the term…
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Agora of Athens History

Prehistory to Iron Age The Agora of Athens has been in use since the late Neolithic era, and it was used as a cemetery during the Mycenaean and the later Iron Ages. Excavations have unearthed around 50 tholos…
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Agora of Athens Museum

The Archaeological Museum of the ancient Agora of Athens (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αρχαίας Αγοράς Αθηνών) is hosted in the Hellenistic Stoa of Atallos, inside the archaeological site. The Stoa of Attalos was rebuilt in the 1950’s from the ground…
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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…
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The Colors of the Parthenon

Rediscovering the Temple’s Colors The colors of the Parthenon have washed away over the past 2400 years, but pigment remnants can still be traced on certain surfaces, so we know that the building was colored. But was every…
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Eleusis Archaeological Museum

Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ελευσίνας. The Archaeological Museum of Eleusis (or Elefsis) is a small museum, located on the low hill above the Telesterion. It shelters artifacts unearthed in the excavations of the surrounding site, ranging in age from…
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Erechtheion

While the Parthenon was the most imposing temple on the Acropolis, another building, the Erechtheion was built to accommodate the religious rituals that the old temple housed. Construction of the Erechtheion began in the Classical Era while the…
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Kerameikos Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κεραμεικού) is a small museum located inside the Kerameikos archaeological site. Its halls exhibit art and artifacts from this important district of ancient Athens, many any which were found in the…
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