Architecture
The Acropolis, from The Greeks documentary

  • 3D Modelling of Miletus (a project of the Foundation of the Hellenic World of Athens) includes views of 10 buildings of Miletus including a stadium, the Bouleuterion (Council House), a sacred gate, the Altar of Poseidon, and more. 

Links To Pillars

 

  • The Ancient City of Athens is a collection of pictures collected for Indiana University. [a Top 5% Site]
    • Especially useful for teachers and students creating webpages is the section called "Sites and Monuments" which has more than 400 photographs of such famous sites as the Parthenon, Acropolis, temples, arches, and parts of the ancient city of Athens. For examples of these sites, see: 
  • Ancient Sites Walking Tours of Athens offers three "virtual tours of ancient Athens" with high quality computer graphics and effective explanations of what you are seeing. One tour (approximately 5 minutes) is of an Athenian home. Another tour (15 minutes) takes you to the Acropolis with an architect in 415 B.C.E., and the third tour (10 minutes) takes you to the Acropolis with a philosopher in 415 B.C.E. 
  • "Restoring Virtual Ruins" The Digital Museum site (from Scientific American Magazine) shows how digital images can create computer models for reconstructions. 
  • The Acropolis of Athens briefly introduces this famous site and its ruins. (Hellenic Ministry of Culture)
  • City of Knossos (Minoan Civilization) and the Palace of Knossos - This site includes an artist's conception of the ancient Palace of Knossos and an Image Gallery with 16 images of the Palace. Minos is the home of the mythological Minotaur killed by the hero Theseus, and where Daedalus built the labyrinth and escaped by learning how to fly - only to lose his son Icarus. The Minoan civilization flourished early in the history of ancient Greece. An artist's idea of The Palace of Knossos (Dilos Holiday World) is also shown at his site. 
  • Greek Temples are presented (in architectural plans and with photographs) and style (orders of Doric and Ionian columns and capitals) at this site from Japan entitled Greek Art and Archaeology. 
  • Period and Style for Designers: Greece has images of buildings, ornamentation and furniture of ancient Greece.