Bronze Age
This civilization centered on large palatial complexes such as Knossos, Phaistos, and Malia on Crete.
Minoan
This pottery style, dominated by concentric circles and linear motifs, characterizes the 9th–8th centuries BCE.
Geometric
These free-standing statues of young men, often used as grave markers or votive offerings, typify Archaic sculpture.
Kouroi
This temple on the Athenian Acropolis was dedicated to Athena Parthenos and completed in the 5th century BCE.
Parthenon
This Egyptian city founded by Alexander the Great became a major center of learning and housed a famous library.
Alexandria
This undeciphered writing system appears on clay tablets from Minoan Crete.
Linear A
This monumental geometric vase from a cemetery served as a grave marker for an elite burial in Athens.
Dypilon Krater
This pottery technique, developed in Corinth and later Athens, features figures painted on red clay surfaces.
Black Figure Pottery
This sculptor created the famous statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Phidias
This dramatic sculpture discovered on Samothrace
Nike of Samothrace
This famous Bronze Age site has frescoes and very well preserved houses
Thera
This sanctuary in the Peloponnese became an important panhellenic center during the Early Iron Age.
Olympia
This famous sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Parnassus housed the oracle of Apollo.
Delphi
This type of pottery technique replaced black-figure and allowed greater naturalism in painted scenes.
Red Figure Pottery
Altar of Pergamon
This site might be entered through the Lion Gate
Mycenae
This burial practice, visible in cemeteries like the Kerameikos in Athens, becomes increasingly common during the Early Iron Age.
Cremation
This architectural order, recognizable by its fluted columns and simple capitals, dominates Archaic temple construction in mainland Greece.
Doric Order
This architect designed the Temple of Athena Nike and worked on the Propylaea on the Athenian Acropolis.
Kallikrates
This famous mosaic depicts the battle between the Macedonians and the Persians
Mosaic of Alexander (Issus or Gaugamela)
These large tombs of the Mycenaean elite are called
Tholos/Tholoi
Archaeologists associate this major technological transition with the wider availability of this metal replacing bronze for tools and weapons.
Iron
This city possessed a temple whose pediment featured a large Gorgon's head (Medusa)
Corfu
This sanctuary in the Peloponnese hosted the healing cult associated with incubation rituals and the god Asclepius.
Epidauros
This site hosted the royal tombs of Macedonian Royal Family
Again/Vergina