Art and antiquities (4900 Subjects)
View of the Acropolis of Larissa in Argos. On the left, the monastery of Panagia Katakekrymmeni.
Panoramic view of part of the Argolic plain from the Acropolis of Larissa in Argos. In the background, Nafplio and Bourtzi.
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
Plan of the Sanctuary of Asclepius in Epidaurus.
The plain of Troezen from the town's fortress or ancient acropolis.
The mosque of Sultan Ahmed I and the Byzantine Hippodrome. In the foreground, the Obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Obelisk of Constantine VII. Between them, the Serpent column, that is, the bronze base of the golden tripod of Plataeae, originally in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
The stone bridge built by architect Sinan in Büyükçekmece, east of Silivri
Ancient temples at Agrigento, Sicily.
The base of a gigantic column near Syracuse.
Ancient bath in Palagonia, near Catania, Sicily. According to Roman myth, the three small lakes of the area were the birthplace of the Sicilian deities Palici.
A modern structure erected on the site of the ancient cistern in Val di Noto, southeastern Sicily.
The ruinsof an ancient temple on Salina island, which is situated at the centre of Isole Eolie archipelago.
Ancient ruins at Ephesus.
Ruins of an aqueduct at Ephesus, most probably the Byzantine aqueduct at Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.
The Roman stadium of Ephesus.
View of the wall of the ancient theatre of Ephesus.
The ruins of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
A Roman building at Ephesus, probably a bathhouse.
Roman baths at Ephesus, probably the Roman baths of Varius in Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus.
The mosque built on the site of the temple of Dionysus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
View of the mosque built on the site of the temple of Bacchus in Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
The Tetraporticon or Arch of Septimius Severus at Latakia (ancient Laodicea).
A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.
A monumental building on the coasts of Syria, possibly a Roman funerary monument between Tartus and Amrit, to the south of Tartus.
A monumental building between Tartus in Syria and Tripoli in Lebanon.
Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.
Phoenician funerary monuments in the necropolis of Amrit, south of Tartus, Syria.
The ruins
of the temple of Hera on Samos island.
The ruins of the temple of Hera on Samos island.
Roman aqueduct on Mount Kastron, Samos island. The aqueduct was connected to the Eupalinian aqueduct or Tunnel of Eupalinos, near the port of Pythagoreion.