#greek temple

[wandering-italy]

Temple of Concordia, one of best preserved Ancient Greek temples in the world.

Agrigento, Italy

#agrigento #italy #italia #ancient greece #ancient greek #ancient ruins #ruins #temple #greek temple #valley of the temples #photography #original photography #travel #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #architecture #historical architecture #ancient architecture #wanderingjana

[gemsofgreece]

Acropolis from Plaka, Athens by alexandra_petrogiannou on Instagram.

#greece #europe #travel #wanderlust #flowers #acropolis #greek temple #ancient temple #city #architecture #landscape #parthenon #plaka #athens #attica #central greece #sterea hellas #mainland

[2seeitall]

Roman Agora Gate, Athens - Greece

lost.and.found.in.greece

#greece #ruins #ancient ruins #greek ruins #roman ruins #archaeology #archeology #architecture #roman temple #greek temple #roman agora #athens #hellas #ancient history #travel #europe #wanderlust #gate #places

[lost-and-found-in-greece]

Portara monument (Temple of Apollo)

Naxos Island, Greece

IG: athan_andreas

#naxos #greece #cyclades #portada #greek islands #greek island #ancient greece #ancient ruins #ancient column #greek temple #apollo #travel #milky way #temple of apollo #europe #wanderlust #greek #hellas

[permament-witzelsucht]

Vasily Vereshchagin | Evening on the lake. One of the pavilions on the marble promenade in Radzhnagar, 1874 | Radzhnagar. Marble, adorned with bas-reliefs quay on the lake in Udaipur, 1874 |

#Vasily Vereshchagin #painting #oil painting #art #19th century art #19th century #art history #realism #orientalism #cityscape #ancient #architecture #temple #greek temple #landscape #India #ancient india

[wgm-beautiful-world]

PARTHENON

#the parthenon #el partenon #athens #atenas #greek #griego #greek temple #templo griego #greece #grecia #europe #europa

[hlblng]

Magna Mater - (fictional) temple of Cybele

Commission for a friend of Rome's great mother goddess and her priests

#cybele #kybele #greek goods #roman gods #greek mythology #roman mythology #ancient greece #ancient rome #greek myth #roman myth #greek temple #roman temple #greek gods art #roman gods art #traditional art #traditional artwork #watercolor #watercolour #cybele and attis #hlblng

[eternalacademics]

οἶδα δ'ἐγὼ ψάμμου τ᾽ ἀριθμὸν καὶ μέτρα θαλάσσης,

καὶ κωφοῦ συνίημι, καὶ οὐ φωνεῦντος ἀκούω.

I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea;

I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless.

~Pythia~

#pythia #delphi #ancient greek mythology #greek temple #ruins #greek ruins #prophecy

[blueiskewl]

The Long Lost Temple of Artemis in Greece Reveals More Secrets

A long-lost temple dedicated to the Goddess Artemis that was finally discovered in Evia, Greece after 100 years of archaeological research is revealing more of its secret treasures.

The temple was discovered by a team from the Swiss Archaeological School and Greek Archaeological Service after they worked out that ancient directions to the site were wrong.

They switched their dig from the ancient city of Eretria to a site at the foot of a hill near the small fishing village of Amarynthos.

They were looking for a legendary temple to the Goddess Artemis, one of the most widely venerated deities of Ancient Greece.

Several ancient sources mention the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia. The main public documents (decrees, treaties), engraved on steles, were displayed there. The festival Artemisia was celebrated every spring by the Eretrians to honor the goddess.

On this occasion, a grand procession of 3,000 armed warriors, 600 horsemen, and 60 chariots made the twelve-kilometer journey to the sanctuary. The festival attracted citizens of the cities of Euboea but also representatives of other Greek cities.

Following painstaking work, the team of archaeologists discovered a stoa, or gallery, that could have formed part of the temple, and began excavating in earnest in 2012.

Amarysia Artemis temple was finally discovered in Evia, Greece

Their analysis proved correct when the team finally cut through the gallery walls in 2017 to reveal the core of the sanctuary of Amarysia Artemis.

The team has since uncovered buildings ranging from the 6th to 2nd centuries BC, including an underground fountain, and, crucially, inscriptions and coins bearing the name Artemis—the guardian goddess of Amarynthos.

These confirm that the site was the destination for the annual procession from Eretria by local worshippers of the goddess of the hunt.

Further excavations by the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG) and the Ephorate of Antiquities in Evia brought to light the existence of two successive temples and a rich deposit of offerings.

The first temple, built around 650 BC, was destroyed at the end of the 6th century. A second, more monumental temple was rebuilt shortly after around 500 BC.

Rich offerings were deposited on this occasion; the excavations brought to light over 600 objects, including ceramic and bronze vessels, painted terracotta figurines, gold jewelry, silver, faience, glass and semi-precious stones, orientalized seals in the shape of scarabs, as well as weapons (including a helmet and a shield).

The Swiss Archaeological School in Greece says that remains in the sanctuary attest to the site’s deep history. The earliest structure dates back to 3000 BC. Sanctuaries are sacred spaces usually consisting of an altar, a temple—the house of the deity—and annex buildings, delimited by an enclosure. The sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia is no exception to the rule.

In addition to the monumental portico excavated in recent years, two altars related to the successive temples have been uncovered. Animal sacrifices took place on the altar, as selected parts were burned to ashes as offerings to the goddess. Such rituals performed at Amarynthos by the Eretrians were meant to attract the goodwill of Artemis.

The ancient site of Eretria, Evia

The excavations indicate that the foundation of the temple of the goddess Artemis at the edge of the fertile plain east of Eretria is connected with the fortifications found at the border of the ancient city.

Excavations of ancient Eretria began in the 1890s and have been conducted since 1964 by the Greek Archaeological Service.

Today it is the home of the Evia Ephorate of Antiquities, and it boasts an archaeological museum—the most significant in Evia—and an ancient theater dating back to the 5th century BC that hosts Ancient Greek tragedies and modern plays.

The most important site that has been discovered there is the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros. Artifacts found at this ancient site are displayed at both the Louvre and National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

However, some pieces have remained in place at Eretria, notably the terracotta centaur from Lefkandi, dating back to the 10th century BC.

#The Long Lost Temple of Artemis in Greece Reveals More Secrets #Evia Greece #greek temple #ancient temple #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeologist #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient greece #greek history #greek art #long reads

[evilios]

These chromolithographs by Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, a German-born French architect of the 18th century, are based off archeological data from different Ancient Greek ruins. They are meant to show how truly diverse and unique the color patterns of the Ancient Greek temples were - much more unusual than the stark-white of the colorless marble.

While of course this is but one of the options and not at all a definitive picture of the Ancient world, Hittorff made a rather compelling case. This particular example depicts the main entrance into the temple, its inner cross section, and the side view.

The rest of the collection resides in the Royal Academy of Arts and can be viewed here: 🏺

#ancient history #jacob ignaz hittorff #ancient temple #ancient greece #greek temple #color reconstruction #chromolithography #HISTORIA 📔

[smww4ever]

In the Temple…

#superwonder #smww4ever #superman #supermanwonderwoman #wonderwoman #truelove #superman wonderwoman #lovebirds #powercouple #supermanxwonderwoman #greek gods #greek temple #diana of themiscyra #candles #vigil

[gemsofgreece]

When Poseidon pisses Zeus off...

Genesis thunderstorm looming over the Temple of Poseidon, Greece. Photo by @leva_alex on Instagram.

#greece #storm #weather #thunderstorm #poseidon #zeus #greek mythology #ancient greek religion #greek temple #temple of poseidon #cape sounion #attica #central greece #sterea hellas #mainland

[2seeitall]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬💙𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞

#greece #athens #acropolis #europe #travel #travel europe #wanderlust #greek aesthetic #hellas #greek #vacay #places #architecture #greek temple #greek architecture #antiquity #ancient ruins #ancient greece #temple #archaeology

[tyriq-edits]

In the Plain of Nysa (Trigun Greek Mythology AU)

Map of the Sanctuary of Nysa

If you have any questions regarding this AU, or are simply interested in it, feel free to send me a message in my inbox or check out the in the plain of Nysa tag on my blog.

#in the plain of nysa #this is my first time drawing a map #hope it’s somewhat understandable #vashwood #trigun stampede #trigun #trigun 98 #persephone au #vash the stampede #genshin impact #nicholas d. wolfwood #vash x wolfwood #greek myth au #trigun maximum #greek mythology #persephone and hades #vash x nico #tristamp vashwoood #greek temple #my art

[thesorceresstemple]

#witchy woman #sorceress #priestess #goddess #eris #eris and the golden apple #greek mythology #greek temple #purple sky

[reno-matago]

𝑹𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔, 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒆 (𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐)

#hephaistus #hephaistos #greek temple #athens #greece #god hephaistus #god hephaistos #greek gods