Greece

Athens - A square in the Plaka district with another view of the Acropolis

Athens - Changing of the guard In front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Athens - Changing of the Royal Guard

Athens - Detail of frieze at the Parthenon, Acropolis,

Athens - Looking up towards the Acropolis from Plaka

Athens - National Archeological Museum, Athens

Athens - Sculpture of an athlete in green glass sheets madefor the Olympic Games

Athens - Site of the first modern Olympic Games

Athens - Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis, 420 BC (3)

Athens - Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis, 420 BC

Athens - Temple of Hephestus at the Agora, 450 BC Athens

Athens - Terra-cotta aqueduct from excavation for theMetro

Athens - The Agora, the original heart of Athens, from the Acropolis

Athens - The Odeon, a Roman theatre at the Acropolis

Athens - The Parthenon at the Acropolis (2)

Athens - The Parthenon at the Acropolis

Athens Archaeological Musem - Athenian black-figure pelike, ca 400 BC

Athens Archaeological Museum - Mycenaean gold rhomboid diadem, 1600 BC

Athens Archaeological Museum - Preserved under volcanic lava when island was destroyed

Athens Archaeological Museum - Statue of Aphrodite, marble,  Roman copy of a Greek original 400 BC

Marathon - Statue of Militiaides, the Spartan general victorious over the Persians at the battle of the same name

Athens Archaeological Museum - Statue of Poseidon, marble ca 130 BC

Athens Archaeological Museum - The Poseidon of Artemision, bronze 460 BC, found in the sea

Corinth - The Temple

The Canal of Corinth

Delphi - Archeological Museum

Delphi - Entrance to the original Olympic Stadium

Delphi - From the Temple of Hera towards the Stadium

Delphi - Remains of Temple of Zeus from earthquakes

Delphi - Sacred Way leading to the Temple of Apollo

Delphi - Sanctuary of Athena

Delphi - Site of the origin of the Olympic Torch

Delphi - Temple of Apollo

Delphi - Temple of Hera

Delphi - The Olympic Stadium 776 BC

Delphi - Treasury of Atreus, ca 1600 BC

Delphi - View across the valley from Temple of Apollo

Ephesus - Ancient city originally built by the Greeks in 400 BC, and then overrun by the Romans ca 100 BC

Delphi -Archaeological Museum - Reconstructed ox made of wood covered in silver

Ephesus - Communal latrine

Heraklion - Minoan pottery in the Archaeological Museum

Ephesus - Entrance to St. John's Basilica

Heraklion - Near the Archeological Museum

Ephesus - Library built in 135 AD to the glory of Julius Celsus, governor

Heraklion - The Phaistos Disc, still undeciphered, ca 1700 BC in the Archaeological Museum

Ephesus - Monument to Emperor Hadrian

Kalambaka-- Access to the Grand Meteora monastery was by a basket on a pulley

Ephesus St. John's Basilica turned into a mosque in 1330 and destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402

Kalambaka -  Monastery of Roussanou, built in 1545

Ephesus -The ancient Theater

Kalambaka- The gardens at Roussanou

Ephesus, ancient city originally built by the Greeks ca 400 BC

Kalambaka - Monastery of Verlaam as seen from Grand Meteora

Epidaurus - Ancient theater,, built ca 300 BC, as part of the Sanctuary of Asklepios

Epidaurus - View of the stadium from the top

Kalambaka - The Grand Meteora

Kalambaka - The Grand Meteora (2)

Kalambaka - The Grand Meteora (3)

Kalambaka -Monastery of Grand Meteorafinished in 1388

Kusadasi - Harbor front , with Ataturk's statue on top of the hill

Mycenae - Looking out from the top of the citadel

Mycenae - Remaining walls at the Citadel

Mykonos - Arriving at the harbor

Mykonos - The famous windmills

Olympia - Hermes of Praxiteles 340 BC in the Archaeological Museum

Olympia Archaeological Museum - Sculptured ornaments from the Temple of Zeus ca 500 BC, in Olympia Museum

Patmos - Castle-like Monastery of St. John on the hill

Patmos - Walking up to the Monastery of St. John The Theologian

Patmos - Local neighborhood house

Rhodes - Building displays emblems of France on the French Consultate's wall

Rhodes - Entrance to the French Consulate on the Street of the Knights

Rhodes - Fortifications at the harbor

Rhodes - Typical beach scene at Lindos

Rhodes - Inside the city walls

Rhodes - Lindos beach with the fort in the background

Rhodes - Local fishing boats in the harbor

Rhodes - Ottoman mosque

Rhodes - The harbor

Rhodes - The Street of The Knights

Rhodes - View through the city gate towards the harbor

Rhodes - Views of the Aegean through the harbor fortifications

Santorini - A church tower in the late afternoon sun

Santorini - One of the many quintessential sights

Santorini - Another quintessential sight

Santorini - Inspirational view from bell tower

Sounion - Temple of Poseidon (2)

Sounion - The Temple of Poseidon

Sounion - View of the Aegean Sea from the Temple of Poseidon

Details of the Trikopis Bridge

Trikopis Bridge inaugurated within two weeks of the 2004 Olympic Games

Details of a bell tower in Oia, on Santerini