Take a Tour
Bronze Age Mycenae the home of Agamemnon boasts some of the most impressive ruins in Greece. Also visit Tiryns the second most important Mycenaean citadel in Argolis.
Ancient Athens 3D. Here is your opportunity to travel through Athens from the Mycenaean to the Ottoman periods. The Ancient City of Athens is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of the ancient city that is an excellent resource for both teachers and students.
While in Athens visit a reconstructon of the Acropolis courtesy of Free 3D Acropolis Presentation or take a Acropolis Virtual Tour.
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 take a virtual tour of the The Acropolis of Athens.
De la maquette de l’Acropole has models of the acropolis and its principal structures.
Nike is Now: The Goddess that Broke the Mould offers beautiful reconstructions of both the monumental entrance gateway to the Athenian Acropolis and the Temple of Athena Nike.
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, as well as Delphi: The Oracle of Apollo.
Olympia and the Olympic games provides an excellent introduction to both this important site and the games that were held there. As does the Archaeological Site of Ancient Olympia, including a virtual video of the Temple of Zeus and a interactive site map.
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 the3D photorealistic reconstruction and walkthrough to be found at Paths to Ancient Miletus. You can also visit the Temple of Athena at Miletus.
You might also enjoy A Walk Through Ancient Priene. Priene, in Asia Minor Ionia, the most extensively excavated Hellenistic city in Asia Minor and an excellent example of Hellenistic architecture.
“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.
Italy and Sicily were colonized by settlers from the Greek mainland and ws 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 Tarentum, Paestum, Agrigento, Segesta and Selinunus.
Take a trip to Hellenic Alexandria in Egypt.
