Megalithic Portal: Latest from Greece

Dimini Mycenaean Tholos

tgd — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:14:44 GMT

]]>Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Central Greece

Melidoni Cave

CoppellaiaMatta — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:57:09 GMT

]]>Cave or Rock Shelter in Crete

Atsipades Korakias Peak Sanctuary

CoppellaiaMatta — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:50:37 GMT

]]>Ancient Temple in Crete

Nekropolis Minois

Klingon — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:31:28 GMT

]]>There are 233 tombs quarried directly into the rock in the Late Minoan Cemetery of Armeni, Crete. Some are very impressive, some to small to even look inside. In May the tombs are surrounded by a wide variety of wild flowers. It's a very nice place to visit, with a convenient car park.

Tholos tomb of Phylaki

CoppellaiaMatta — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:20:42 GMT

]]>Excavated in 1981, the tholos tomb of Phylaki is dated to Late Minoan III A-B period (14th-15th c. BC). The dromos is 11,10mt long and 1.35mt wide. The entrance is decorated with a vertical stone slab. The almost square in plan chamber (3.40x3.65mt with a height of 3.80mt) has vertical walls lined with large flattish slabs of local limestone. All four sides incline inwards and end in a pyramidal roof, where a large stone covers the vault. The tomb has been extensively plundered and disturbed yet it yielded precious small artifacts.

Ancient Lappa Necropolis

CoppellaiaMatta — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:19:29 GMT

]]>A Roman Necropolis located in the outskirts of Argyroupolis.

Museum of ancient Eleutherna

CoppellaiaMatta — Wed, 13 May 2026 07:31:14 GMT

]]>Small but informative museum housing artefacts from nearby Ancient Eleutherna (see Klingon's post) and Orthi Petra Necropolis (see Andy's post), as well as items from further afield and...a small Picasso.

Zagora.

Anne T — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:26:14 GMT

]]>A complete Early Iron Age settlement preserved on a steep coastal promontory on the southwest coast of Andros in the Cyclades. Dating primarily to the 9th–8th centuries BCE (Geometric period), with possible initial occupation from the late 10th century, Zagora is almost unique among central Aegean Iron Age sites in that the entire 6.7ha settlement survives undisturbed by later building. The inhabitants left around 700 BCE and the site was never resettled, leaving behind a rare intact record of early Greek urban life.

Sounion Temple of Poseidon

Hordernm — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:25:20 GMT

]]>A spectacular 5th century BCE Poros limestone Doric temple on a cliff on the southernmost point of Attica, surrounded by the Aegean Sea on three sides. The temple replaced an earlier 6th century temple destroyed during the Persian invasion. Some restoration was undertaken in the 19th century. The temple is surrounded by the remains of fortifications which protected the sanctuary during the 5th century BCE Peloponnesian War. Author Dr Eleni Andrikou, archaeologist

Athens Acropolis

Klingon — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:10:51 GMT

]]>The Acropolis is the big rock on which all the temples sit. The one on top of the fortifications is of course the Parthenon. The site has been occupied since the Neolithic - small caves on the south side between the Theatre of Dyonisus and the Odeon of Agrippa were once in inhabited and the top of the Acropolis has one of the only two Attican Neolithic Graves, though these are normally accessible to tourists.

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassai

Anne T — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:57:46 GMT

]]>Ancient Temple in Greece

Episkopi (Sikinos)

Anne T — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:53:24 GMT

]]>The Greek temple of Apollo on the island of Sikinos. Bulit in the 3rd century BCE and re-used as a mausoleum by the Romans in the 3rd century CE. It has been preserved almost intact due to its conversion into a Byzantine church with uninterrupted use. This was rebuilt after an earthquake in the 17th century. Elements of the ancient temple are still visible in the walls of the church.

Thermopylae

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:34:08 GMT

The Location of the Mass Grave of the 300 Spartan Soldiers that Perished at the Great 480BC Battle of Thermopylae.

Lasaia (Settlement)

Klingon — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:04:42 GMT

Ancient Village or Settlement in Crete

Agiofarango

Klingon — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:01:28 GMT

Chambered Tomb in Crete