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Learn about the ancient Greek city-state of Athens, its democracy, philosophy, arts, and wars. See maps, timelines, and images of Athens and its region.
MAPPING ANCIENT ATHENS. Our knowledge about the past of the city of Athens is based on specific archaeological sites and on systematically. excavated monuments that are recognisable and well-studied.
Mapping Ancient Athens is a project by a Greek non-profit Dipylon, launched in 2021, that aims to map and provide an interactive digital portal to explore the archaeological remains and historical data from more than 1500 rescue excavations conducted across Athens over the past 160 years.
Geographical setting. Map of the Environs of Ancient Athens. 1911 map of Athens. There is evidence that the site on which the Acropolis ('high city') stands was first inhabited in the Neolithic period, perhaps as a defensible settlement, around the end of the fourth millennium BC or a little later. [8]
12 cze 2018 · MAPPING ANCIENT ATHENS. Our knowledge of ancient Athens' built environment derives mainly from monuments preserved in archaeological sites, which are recognizable and well-studied (Parthenon, Ancient Agora, etc.). But what was the fabric of the ancient city?
15 gru 2021 · Explore 160 years of archaeological excavations in the historic center of Athens with an open access digital map by the Dipylon Society. The map shows the hidden remains of ancient houses, roads, cemeteries, cisterns and more from the Neolithic to the modern era.
12 mar 2008 · Map of Ancient Athens c. 430 BC. (Athen, Athenes, Atene, Atenas). Based on the Image:Karte Athen MKL1888.png from the 1888 edition of Meyers Konversationslexikon.
