Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece included the best of art and politics of humankind: some of the finest sculpture in the world, and the roots of the world's democracies.

Ancient Computer - A Video Review
The Antikythera Mechanism is a frankly astonishingly advanced technology created perhaps as long ago as 2,300 years and described in this 2012 video from PBS Nova.

A Walking Tour of Olympia, Greece
Photographer Aschwin Prein provides a walking tour of the ancient Greek classical site of Olympia, the original location of the Olympic Games. Excavations at the site were the direct impetus for the reinstitution of the games, 1700 years after the games were banned.

Ancient Greece.org
Pictures and data on several important sites in the Classical Greek World.

Corinth (Greece)
The archaeological site of Corinth was an ancient capital city of Greece, first occupied during the Neolithic period, and most famous for its Greek and Roman occupations.

Crucible of Civilizations
Companion piece to the PBS special, contains nice graphics and a considerable wealth of information.

Dorian Culture
The Dorians were an Iron Age ethnic group in classical Greece

Cycladic Culture
The Cycladic Culture is the term used to refer to the ancestral Greek culture of the Cycladic islands of the southern Aegean Sea

Heinrich Dressel's Amphora Typology
From Per Åkesson, a web page devoted to the amphora dating table, first published in 1899 as Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Homeric Questions
A short course on the archaeology and ancient history of Troy, the poet Homer, the Greek legend that grew up around the site; and the legend that grew around its excavators.

Metis QTVR Interface
Quicktime movies of nearly 50 classical sites in Greece--and more promised. From Bruce Hartler at the University of Texas.

The Ancient Greek World
A collection of essays and images from the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, with emphasis on daily life, economy, and religion and death.

The Parthenon Marbles
Images of sculptures from the Parthenon, now housed at the British Museum.

The Prehistory of the Aegean
This amazing yet venerable resource is an online introduction to the archaeology and art history of the Aegean cultures, including Neolithic, Helladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and the Greek Dark Ages. From Dartmouth College.

Trivia Quiz: Troy
How much do you know about the ancient site of the Trojan War? Test your wits on the Trivia Quiz.

What is a Trojan Horse?
A quick quiz about the ancient battle ground of the Greeks, from your About.com Guide

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