Archaeological site, Ancient Greece

Acropolis, Athens
Acropolis means Upper City, although it hasn't been a city where people live since the 6th century BC.
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Agrigento
Agrigento or Akragas was founded in the 6th century BC by Greek settlers originating from Rhodes and Crete.
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Archaeological Site of Aigai
The site of Vergina became famous in 1977, when the tomb of Alexander the Great's father, King Philip of Macedon, was discovered there.
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Archaeological Site of Delphi
Delphi reached its height in the 4th century BC, when large numbers of pilgrims came to ask advice of its oracle.
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Archaeological Site of Olympia
Already in the 10th century BC, Olympia became a center of worship to Zeus. It flourished until AD 426, the year in which the emperor Theodosius II closed all the ancient sanctuaries.
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Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Mycenae and Tiryns were the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilisation. Between 1600 and 1200 BC, its kingdom was the most powerful in Greece.
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Cyrene
The ancient Greek city of Cyrene is now an archeological site near the village of Shahat. One of its more significant features is the Temple of Apollo which was originally constructed as early as 7th century BC.
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Delos
Delos is a small island and archaelogical site that is part of the Cyclades island group. It has been made a WHS because of: - its role in early archaeology, - its part in Aegean history, - its important role as cosmopolitan Mediterranean port from the 4th to the 1st century BC, - it being the mythological birthplace of Apollo and Artemis.
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Hierapolis-Pamukkale
This entry combines the Greek/Roman heritage of Hierapolis with the natural sight Pamukkale, located in the same town.
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Nessebar
The ancient city of Nessebar at the Black Sea Coast has Thracian origins, and later became an important Greek colony and Byzantine settlement.
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Paphos
Paphos has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age. In ancient times it was known for its Aphrodite-cult: the Myceneans - the rulers of Cyprus at the time - erected temples for this fertility goddess.
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Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
The remains of the Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel, the Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct, along with the Heraion (sanctuary) of Samos were jointly registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
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Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Epidauros, situated on the Peloponnesus peninsula, is dedicated to Asclepius. To the ancient Greeks he was the God of Medicine.
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Syracuse
‘Syracuse and the rocky Necropolis of Pantalica’ is an ecclectic site that bears testimony to the development of Mediterranean civilisation in the past 3000 years.
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Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
The site with many names. Bassai/Bassae/Vasses stands for "little valleys", the name of this area. The actual sanctuary is dedicated to Apollo.
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Troy
Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer.
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