Take a Tour

Ancient Greek Cities enables you to both visit and learn about a number of famous Greek sites including Mycenae.

If you ever wanted to go to Ancient Athens? Here it is! You get a map of Ancient Athens that you can click on to see the different buildings.

While in Athens take a tour of the Acropolis courtesy of Web Acropol Make a point of visiting the northern, eastern and southern slopes of the acropolis which played an important role in the artistic, spiritual and religious activity of ancient Athens.

Or you can take a more detailed look at The Parthenon.

The Parthenon Marbles provides a stone by stone description of the frieze. As does the Parthenon Frieze. While the Greek ministry of culture offers an excellent analysis of the themes the sculptures represent in its site also entitled the Parthenon Frieze.

To learn more about the history and significance of the Acropolis visit The Acropolis of Athens. .

De la maquette de l’Acropole has models of the acropolis and its principal structures.

Exhibitions: Mnesicles’ Proyplaia offers beautiful reconstructions of both the monumental entrance gateway to the Athenian Acropolis and the Temple of Athena Nike..

Students of Greek history will want to tour the sites of ancientThebes, Delphi, Corinth and Olympia.

Additional information about the remarkable site of Delphi is available. See also Delphi and the Oracle of Apollo for a description of how the Oracle functioned.

In Peloponissos, near the modern-day villiage of Old Epidaurus on the western shores of the Saronic Gulf, lies the Classical city-state of Epidaurus. Epidaurus is mostly known for its theater. Famous for its accoustics the theater of Epidaurus is well worth a visit.

Also of interest to any student of ancient Greece is the 3D photorealistic reconstruction of the Ancient town of Miletus

“The Boule, a basic institution of the ancient city-state in historical times, consisted of the citizens’ representatives who assembled in order to confer and decide about public affairs. In the cities of Ionia it was called “Boule”, “Gerousia”, or “Synedrio”, whereas in the Dorian cities it was called “Alia”, “Apella”, or “Aliaia”.” Bouleuterion :Birthplace of Democracy will enable you to take a tour of the “Bouleuterion” during the Ancient Times.

Sicily, colonized by settlers from the Greek mainland is home to some of the most impressive ruins of Greek temples and theaters to be seen anywhere, as can be seen by visiting sites such as Paestum, Agrigento, Segesta and Selinunte

Take a trip to Alexandria, Egypt

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