Greece 2007: The port town of Pireaus, Athens’ access to the sea.

Greece 2007: The temple of Apollo Pythios, the seat of the famous oracle of Delphi. This site, nestled on the slopes of Mt. Parnassus, was considered by the ancients to be the center of the universe.

Greece 2007: In the ancient Agora of Athens. In the background, the temple of Hephaistos, the god of the forge. The ancient Athenians saw a close link between this deity and their patron goddess Athena.

Greece 2007: The so-called ‘cyclopean walls’ of the fortress of ancient Mycenae, which was destroyed sometime after 1200 B.C. The later Greeks were so impressed by the size of the stones in these walls that they attributed their construction to the mythic race of the Cyclops.