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Hellenic Alexandria
Project aims to highlight the Hellenic cultural presence in Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great.
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/
Parthenon Marbles
Ian Swindale and his students in Crete present the history of the magnificent frieze and sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and the campaign to return to Greece those now in the British Museum.
http://www.greece.org/parthenon/marbles/
Greek Classical Archaeology
Dartmouth College classical archaeology course: City-States and Panhellenic Sanctuaries 480 - 323 B.C.E.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~grs22/
An Ancient Greek Computer
Uncovered during a dive in 1901, near the isle of Antikythera. Page describes the components of what may be an early astronomical calculator thought to come from ancient Greece. Includes photos and sketches of the mechanical device. From the Scientific American magazine.
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/SCAMKythera....
Ancient Greek Vases
Features photos of Athenian Black/Red figure vases.
http://www.geocities.com/yaptiboyadi/
Olbia Research Project
Excavation at Olbia, one of the most important and well preserved of the ancient Greek colonies on the Black Sea.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/cla...
The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
A guide to archaeological sites of interest on the Greek mainland, Peloponnesos, Greek Islands and western Turkey, with bibliography, from the University of Richmond.
http://www.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/clas...
The Helike Project
Ongoing investigation details of a major archeological site.
http://www.helike.org/
Greeks 'borrowed Egyptian Numbers
From BBC, The classical pioneers of mathematics, astronomy and physics borrowed their number system from Egypt, research suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/310980...
Colonization of the Black Sea by the Ancient Greeks
An article by Igor V. Bondyrev. Peculiarity of geographic position and abundance of natural resources as well as unusual situation in home policy of Greece itself, complicated by the beginning of ecological crisis in regional ecosystems in Ancient Greece, all these made separate city-states to seek new sources for revenue on the coast of the Golden Fleece.
http://www.transoxiana.com.ar/Eran/Article...
Olbia Excavations
Excavation summary and images of the Greek colony of Olbia.
http://www.tlc.kherson.ua/~info/arch.htm
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
Photographs by Leo Curran, University of Buffalo, of Classical remains across Europe, with some models and reconstructions of their original appearance. Searchable.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/
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