Architecture; Buildings; Social & civic facilities; Government facilities; Mercantile facilities; Commercial facilities; Markets; Religious facilities; Temples; Hills; Archaeological sites; Ruins; Bird's-eye views; Aerial photographs; Aerial...
"The political, economic and cultural center of the ancient city was created on a level area between the hills of the Acropolis, on the right, and the hill of Kolonos Agoraios (Theseion), on the bottom." (Caption, p. 202)
"Every so often as the excavation continued, one of the workmen would shout: 'Another marble here!' In the end, we found ourselves - entranced and speechless - before a group of sculptures lying side by side: from west to east ([in this...
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Excavation on the southwest edge of the Zappeion Gardens (near the junction of Amalias and Olgas Avenues) preparing a ventilation shaft for the Metro system.
“ View of the excavations in Ostia Antica with imperial mosaics from the so-called Bacchus and Ariadne House in the foreground. Roman housing from the same era has not survived, but the remains of this residential complex convey a sense of the...
"Top: Present view of the central nave of the Basilica Ulpia; bottom: 3D reconstruction of the interior of the central nave of the Basilica Ulpia" (Captions, p. 197); located in the Forum of Trajan.
