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The archaeology of Greece includes artificial remains, geographical landscapes, architectural remains, and biofacts (artefacts that were once living organisms). The history of Greece as a country and region is believed to have begun roughly 1–2 million years ago when Homo erectus first colonized Europe. [1]
Sites that were in use in ancient Greek times from ca. 750 BC to 146 BC and consists of Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic sites in Greece. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
The Museum in 1893. The first national archaeological museum in Greece was established by the governor of Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias in Aigina in 1829. Subsequently, the archaeological collection was relocated to a number of exhibition places until 1858, when an international architectural competition was announced for the location and the architectural design of the new museum.
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. The project created a searchable map interface that ...
Archaeological sites in Greece by type (17 C) Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Greece" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Greece archaeology stubs (63 P) Pages in category "Archaeology of Greece" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect ...
The Archaeological Society of Athens is an independent archaeological organisation of scholars, historians, and academics founded in 1837. It was built to relocate, restore, and re-erecting the antiquities of Greece lost after the War of Independence.
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete.It is one of the largest museums in Greece [1] and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete.