Athens

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Image of The Athenian Agora located in Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek "place of assembly" and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape

Lying right beneath the northern slope of Athens’s Acropolis is the ancient Athenian Agora. Walking through the Agora takes the visitor back through the place where Athens’s mighty heart once... »

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Image of Antikythera Mechanism located in Athens, Greece | The Antikythera mechanism.
Athens, Greece

Antikythera Mechanism

2000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision

For over 2000 years a shipwreck lay off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera, its hidden treasures slowly corroded by the Mediterranean. It wasn't until 1900 that sponge divers happened... »

Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Long Now Locations | Edited by Trevor, wythe and others

Image of Davelis Cave on Pendeli Mountain located in Athens, Greece | Exterior of the rare, double-church of the Byzantine age built directly into the front of the cave.
Athens, Greece

Davelis Cave on Pendeli Mountain

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods

One of the most mysterious places in Athens is rarely ever visited. This is in part because there is so much superstition surrounding the mountainside of Pendeli that even modern people are... »

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Image of Syntagma Square Metro Station located in Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis

Needless to say, you can't dig a hole in downtown Athens without hitting something of historical value. As a result, in an unprecedented move, teams of archeologists worked alongside the metro... »

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