Greek Culture History and Archaeology
Klisoura Cave (Greece)
Klisoura Cave is a rockshelter and collapsed karstic cave in Klisoura gorge in the north-western Peloponnese with an important Upper Paleolithic (Aurignacian) series of occupations.
Acropolis of Athens
The Greek Acropolis of Athens is located on the top of a steep rock outcrop in the middle of the ancient capital of Greece, which is covered with Classical Period temples and structures and topped with the Parthenon.
Akrotiri (Greece)
The archaeological site of Akrotiri is the name given to a small Minoan settlement located on the volcanic island of Thera (or Santorini) in the Aegean Sea
Argos (Greece)
The ancient Greek site of Argos is an Early to Middle Helladic settlement and one of the most important Mycenaean city-states of the Peloponnese region of Greece.
Asklepios (Greece)
The Greek archaeological site of Asklepios is a Corinthian sanctuary at Epidauros and the center of an early cult of health and healing.
Athens (Greece)
Surely among the most well known of archaeological sites, the ancient capital of the Greek civilization Athens was first occupied during the Neolithic period.
Corinth (Greece)
The archaeological ruins of Corinth represent an ancient capital city of Greece, first occupied during the Neolithic period, and most famous for its Greek and Roman occupations.
Department of Archaeology - University of Nottingham
Bulgaria and Greece: The Transition to Late Antiquity; ongoing excavations at several sites.
Deutsches Archaologisches Institut
Athens section, conducts considerable research in Greece.
Dikili Tash (Greece)
The Neolithic site of Dikili Tash (also called Philippoi) is a tell located in the Drama plain of eastern Macedonia in northern Greece.
Dr. J's Illustrated Guide to Sites in Greece
From Janice Siegel, several illustrated lectures to archaeological sites in Greece.
Epidauros (Greece)
Epidauros was a small city and Greek sanctuary dedicated to Asklepios, and its ruins are located on an Mediterranean Sea inlet.
Groningen Institute of Archaeology
Conducts archaeological project in Europe and the Near East, including several in Greece.
Kastri Group
The Kastri Group is what Aegean scholars call a cultural group of the Early Cycladic period in the Mediterranean Greek islands and Crete.
Knossos (Greece)
The Greek site of Knossos, reported by Homer to be the site of the palace of the legendary King Minos, Daedalus, and the Labyrinth, is on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea.
Kommos (Greece)
Kommos was a major Minoan harbor located on the southern shore of Crete near the center of the island.
l'Ecole fran�aise d'Ath�nes
The French School at Athens conducts excavations in Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Bulgaria, and Russia.
Mochlos (Greece)
Mochlos is an island located off the north shore of Crete, with important Greek Bronze Age occupations, including Pre-Palatial through Neo-Palatial Minoan (3100-1425 BC), and Mycenaean (1400-1200 BC) occupations.
Mitrou (Greece)
Mitrou is a Bronze Age and early Iron Age archaeological site located on a small tidal islet in the North Euboean Gulf of Greece, about 65 kilometers northwest of Lefkandi.
Mochlos (Greece)
Mochlos is located on the Greek island of Crete; investigations by University of North Carolina at Greensboro are reported for archaeological occupations between 3100 BC and 600 AD.
Mycenae (Greece)
The Greek archaeological site of Mycenae, located on the steep slopes of the island of Euboea in Greece, was part of the Aegean cultures of the Argolid.
Olympia (Greece)
The Greek archaeological site of Olympia is a Panhellenic sanctuary in Greece, which was excavated in the mid-19th century by Edward Curtius.
Orchomenos (Greece)
The Greek archaeological site of Orchomenos was mentioned by Homer and excavated by Heinrich Schliemann.
Pydna (Macedonia, Greece)
A mass burial of 115 individuals dated to the 4th century BC is reported in this brief article from the September 2005 Antiquity, by S. Triantaphyllou and M. Bessios. The site appears to have evidence for slavery, in the form of iron restraining rings.
Pylos (Greece)
Pylos is a Mycenaean capital and palace, the traditional home of Nestor, located near the modern Greek city of Pylos and the village of Khorsa.
Refounding of Plato's ideal city, Magnesia
Excavations at Plato's "Ideal City" are being undertaken by Orhan Bingöl; a report from Archaeology magazine.
Sparta (Greece)
Sparta was one of several city states that arose in Greece during the Classical period (others include Athens, Corinth, and Thebes)
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
A consortium institution of 157 affiliated colleges and universities with the mission to to teach the archaeology, art, history, language, and literature of Greece from early times to the present, to survey and excavate archaeological sites in Greek lands, and to publish the results of its excavation and research.
The Sphakia Survey
Regional survey in the southwestern part of the island of Crete, identifying occupations from circa 3000 BC until the end of the Ottoman Empire, circa 1900; by a team from Baylor, Oxford, and Cambridge.
Tiryns (Greece)
The Mycenaean site of Tiryns is located on a rocky hill on the Argolid coast of Greece, facing the Aegean Sea.
UNCG Mochlos Archaeological Project
On the island of Crete, investigations by University of North Carolina at Greensboro into occupations beginning in 3100 BC through 600 AD.
Underwater Archaeology in Greece
Clearing house for underwater archaeology in and around the Greek islands, in English and Greek.
University of Chicago Excavations at Isthmia
Excavation report of this religious sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon, and occupied from Classic through the Medieval period.
Vathypetro (Greece)
Vathypetro is the name of a small Minoan settlement located about 10 kilometers south of the palace at Knossos on the island of Crete.
Vergina (Greece)
The modern city of Vergina is the location of the ancient capital of the Macedonians, callted Aigai.