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Gortyna
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
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Mycenae.
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mycenae. submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Mycenaean Lions Gate from the front. Achaean hillfort from about 1500 to 1100 BCE and probable starting point of Homer's Iliad. There are numerous tholos tombs in the area.
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Tiryns.
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tiryns. submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Aug 2006. Mycanaen fortress. Former gate.
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Treasury of Atreus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Treasury of Atreus submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. Fanciful name give to a Tholos in use around 1250 BCE, long before the Trojan War. This is one of the few accessible tholos that is completely intact. 36 Meter Dromos.
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Tholos Of Clytaemnestra
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tholos of Clytaemnestra submitted by AlexHunger on 27th Aug 2006. fanciful name for a Tholos built about 1220 BCE, well before the Trojan war. This Tholos was found in the early 19th Century and robbed by a Turkish official before Greek independence. At the time the perfectly corbelled roof was damaged, but this has been repaired in 1951 with the original blocks . The Dromos is 37 Meters long and 6 Meters wide while the tomb has a diameter of 13.5 Meters and an original height of 13 meters.
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Tholos Of Aegistus
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tholos of Aegistus submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. Schliemann took some liberties when naming the Mycenaean tombs and named them after Homeric characters. This tomb, however dates to about 1500 BCE, roughly 300 years before the Trojan War.
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Bassae Temple of Apollo
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007. Under wraps during restoration works.
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Archaia Korinthos
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st May 2011
Archaia Korinthos submitted by Bjorn on 29th May 2007.
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Pella (Greece)
Date Added: 17th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pella (Greece) submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. Not a lot to see here, the mosaics in the museum are good (if they're not on tour).
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Log Text: The main fully excavated and stabilized portions of the city are substantial, but one could wander over all the open areas and sporadic marked tombs outside the city for days. The site of the palace lies uphill from the new museum, and is not open to the public.
The new museum (opened in 2009) is amazing, with very good signage in Greek and English.
Tomb of Philip II
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Log Text: The Great Mound was apparently an overgrown but noted site into modern times when excavated formally in the 1970's. Now the multiple tombs and graves are displayed in this museum setting, with the beautiful finds along side the tombs. The lighting is very dim at first and especially when they first open each day, the site is very crowded, but in 2017, the site appears to be open into the early evening and the crowds die down by mid afternoon.
Vergina
Date Added: 27th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Visited (still working on) on 8th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Vergina submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. The tombs down the road are much more interesting. Photo taken in 1993.
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Log Text: Maps still show the major buildings, tombs, and sanctuaries, but almost all of the ancient city of Aigai is currently closed to visitors. However, you can still hike up to see the fenced off (but visible) theater from the big parking lot on the east side of the modern village of Vergina. From here you have a great view to the north over what was the agora, a portion of the city's eastern wall, and the cemetery complexes.
To the east you can see the modern village of Palatitsia ("palace,") where the 16th century church of St. Demetrius can be seen with ancient column drums making up part of the walls. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23715229
Mieza
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mieza submitted by SolarMegalith on 16th Oct 2010. Ruins of theatre from 2nd century BC in Mieza (photo taken on May 2003).
Site in Northern Greece and Macedonia Greece
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Log Text: The only part of the ancient city one can easily visit today is the Hellenistic theater. There are apparently the foundations of a villa near the theater, but the site itself seems to be grown over. The city site itself is visible as a tree and brush covered high ground, but that portion is not accessible.
Outside the city one can visit the "School of Aristotle" and several tombs.
Lyson and Kallicleus Macedonian Tomb
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Would like to visit
Sesklo
Date Added: 5th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sesklo submitted by Antonios on 14th Jun 2008. Sesklo
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Dio.
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dio. submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Dec 2006. The Sanctuary of Isis.
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Log Text: An understated site that takes some walking and contemplation to even hope to understand. Well signed, but be sure to visit the museum in the village in order to fully appreciate Dion.
Ancient Plataea
Date Added: 8th Jul 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ancient Plataea submitted by Antonios on 16th Jun 2008. Site in Attica/Central Greece: Ancient Tower at Plataea.
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Log Text: The site is generally covered in unmowed grasses which makes for some small difficulty walking with uneven ground and loose stones underfoot. There is a very obvious oval on high ground (the acropolis?) with a wall, much broken, on it southern border. At the north border, you overlook the valley where the famous battle against the Persians took place At this northern point someone has set a modern column and a small metal shrine (which is empty).
The much better defined wall of larger, more intact stoves, on a NW - SE line, south of the oval described above. It crosses the main road east of the modern town, and is marked there with the typical "Archaeological Site" brown and yellow sign. This wall is very large and shows several towers in the fortification. I'm uncertain if this separate wall dates from the 5th Century BC, or is a later addition, perhaps when Phillip of Macedon is credited with refounding the previously destroyed city.
Lion of Chaeronea
Date Added: 6th Jun 2011
Site Type: Carving
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Lion of Amphipolis submitted by davidmorgan on 13th Dec 2008. The Lion of Amphipolis. September 1993.
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Log Text: The open area where the monument is sited is now a grassy depression with a semicircular plaza around it.
Macedonian Tumulus at Chaeronea
Date Added: 17th Feb 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 0000
Log Text: You can see the tree covered mound from the main road east of the village. There is a large paved layby near an abandoned building on the north side of the road where the mound may be viewed from a distance.
National Archaeological Museum Athens
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 19th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
National Archaeological Museum Athens submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Dec 2008. Site in Athens, Greece: The museum has been renovated in recent years and is now well organized and pleasantly decoarated. The major Greek treasures are on display here.
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Log Text: An amazing museum and well worth the price. I do note that due to funding reductions some galleries have been closed, I believe on a rotating basis. On the day of my visit, much of the ceramics collections, the Vase and Minor Objects Collection, were not accessible.
Cycladic Museum at Athens
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 23rd May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Cycladic Museum at Athens submitted by Antonios on 2nd Jun 2008. Female figurine
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Log Text: In addition to the Cycladic Art and artifacts, the museum's collection of classical Greek art and artifacts (including fine examples of arms and armor) is diminished only by the National Archaeological Museum a mile away.