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Greek art and culture through the ages.

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Then and Now: Acropolis of Athens.
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Shoes, 1100s, Byzantine Empire.
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Stairs in the Palace of Knossos, the oldest palace in Europe, dating back to 1900 B.C. with perhaps the earliest settlement in 7000 B.C. Crete.
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Reconstruction of the clothes of women from the Minoan era in Crete (reconstructions made by Dr. Bernice Jones).
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The Empress Theodora, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1887.
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View of Constantinople in Moonlight, 19th Century 'Ivan Aivazovsky'.
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Mosaic of a lion and a bull’s head on the floor of one of the terrace houses, Ephesus, Asia Minor, Turkey.
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An ancient bust of Aphrodite and the Greek model Andri Cartoni. Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess Venus.
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Mythical Beasts of Ancient Greece - Illustrator: Neil Parkinson.
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Basilica di San Vitale Late antique church in Ravenna, Italy. The 6th century church is an important surviving example of early Christian Byzantine art and architecture.
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Seraphim
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'’The unplaiting of the hair’’ 1997, 100x100, oil on canvas - by Andrey Remnev.
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Achilles and Pentheselia, 2014, ink and wash on paper, 14x10 ¼ in. © Leonard Porter, 1963-.
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By overall impression and attention to detail, the builders of Hagia Sophia left the world a mystical building.
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Sunburst over the Acropolis.
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The Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens.
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Winged Athena holding a helmet unearthed inside an Etruscan villa c. 100 BC. National Museum Rome .
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent late 12th c. Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt.
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Venus. 2500 years ago. Paestum Archaeological Museum, Italy. Dirk Huijssoon photo
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A stone threshold at Hagia Sophia… People have been walking over this since 537 AD. #HagiaSophia
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Byzantine glass Chalice, part of the loot of 1204; now at St marks treasury.
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Italy, c. 1000 AD.
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Hagia Sophia, interior to East, 1940s (?).
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Ganymede Feeding the Eagle, Rome, Late 1st century BC. Hermitage Museum.
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Interior of Hagia Sophia (view facing southwest), Constantinople (Istanbul), 532–537 AD.
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Byzantine mosaic detail from Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul
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Church of Panaghia Kapnikareas in the middle of Athens - 11th c. - #Byzantine
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Statue of Athene (“The Peiraeus Athena”). Medium: Bronze. Date: 340—330 BCE. Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
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Dionysos riding on a panther. Floor mosaic. Ca. 120—80 BC. Delos, House of the Masks.
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Hagia Sophia - It was built in 537.
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Shoes, 1100s, Byzantine Empire.
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Womens's Hairstyles of the #Byzantine Empire Art & Drawing from ''Tom Tierney, Byzantine Fashions''.
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Church of Panaghia Kapnikareas in the middle of #Athens - 11th c. - #Byzantine
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A view of Moldovita Monastery, Romania.
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Hagia Sophia has been standing for more than 1400 years.
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Apollo and Athena on a full moon - Academy of Athens. (Photo Credit: It's mostly Apollo).
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10th century #Byzantine incense burner.
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Corinthian Pottery Owl, 6th century BC.
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Byzantine floor mosaic on northern aisle of Petra Church in Jordan.
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Hermann Corrodi (1844 - 1905) Nightly Walk of the Monks to the Mount Athos, 1905, Oil on canvas, 232 x 130 cm, Private Collection.
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The 11th century Byzantine castle of saint Niceta (san’ Aniceto in italian) in Calabria, South Italy.
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#Byzantine mosaic from 596 AD uncovered in Negev.
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One of the iconic Caryatids overlooking the city of Athens. Photo by Walter Hege.
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Ancient Greek gold and rock crystal swivel ring engraved with a snake, dated to 600-500 BC.
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More than 300 square feet and nearly 2,000 years old: The Roman mosaic from Lod, Israel.
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The Saffron Goddess (1600 B.C.) is a detail from a Minoan fresco depicting a saffron harvest, Akrotiri, Santorini island, Greece
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Entrance to the #HagiaSophia
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St. Constantine (Emperor Constantine I) and his mother St. Helen.
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Hagia Sophia under snow.
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The famous Horses of the cathedral of Venice were originally located in the Hippodrome in Constantinople.
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Byzantine sardonyx vase, 10th-11th century AD. Courtesy of the Louvre.
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Interior of Hagia Sophia during the Empire, by Johnathan Tate Sr.
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The exquisite and elegant braided hair of the Caryatids. 421-406 BC. Erechtheion/Acropolis of Athens, Greece.
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The Riace Warriors, two full-size Greek bronzes of naked bearded warriors, cast about 460–450 BC and found in the sea off Calabria.
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Τhe throne of Euridice, grandmother of Alexander the Great. Aigai, Macedonia, Greece.
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Minotauro (Minotaur) by Jordi Garriga Mora (2007)
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The Hagia Sophia of the Rus; Saint Sophia, Kiev.
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The Temptation of Christ - mosaic in Monreale Cathedral, Sicily, building begun 1174.
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Protocorinthian aryballos in the shape of an owl. ca. 640 BC. Now in the Louvre.
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The Ancient Greek theater of Taormina built in the third century B.C.
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Nativity scene. Found in Naxos; dated to 4th or 5th century AD. Byzantine Museum, Athens, Greece.
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Cave Monasteries, #Cappadocia , Turkey.
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Pomegranate trees among the ruins, Ephesus. Photographer: Jason Noble.
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"Leg in the air - Parthenon" - Postcard, image by Edgard Alsteens, 1986.
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Popular hairstyles of Ancient Greece.
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Predators and prey : a Roman moaic from Lod, Israel
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Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory), Lysippos Marble, c. 200 BC. Now on display at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
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Hagia Sophia Mosaics by Antony McAulay.
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Byzantine Church of the Three Crosses in Cappadocia, modern-day Turkey.
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Acrópolis 1869. Foto de Paul Baron faz Granges.
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Columns of Hagia Sophia.
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Deesis mosaic, Hagia Sophia. This mosaic is accepted as a pioneer of Renaissance Art.
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Ancient Greek amethyst intaglio of Achilles playing the cithara, dated to 75-50 BC. Currently located in the Getty Museum.
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Athena and Poseidon by the Ancient Greek Amasis Painter, circa 540 BC.
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Symbols of Gods and Goddesses
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Bust of a Perspehone - 5th c.BC.
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Constantinople Mosaic, Westminter Cathedral.
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Winged Victory of Samothrace. Parian marble, 180 BC. #LouvreMuseum . Photographer: Heruman on Flickr.
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Hagia Sophia's interior is a symbol of divine light.
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The Holy Crown of Hungary, (side view) presumed made in Constantinople in the 1070s, Byzantine.
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The ruins of famous walls of Constantinople.
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Ancient Greek helmet from the famous city of Sparta , dated 440 B.C.
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The ancient Olive Tree of Vouves (over 2,000 years old) is located in the village of Ano Vouves on the island of Crete and is believed to be the one of oldest olive tree in the world, which still produces olives.
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Clothing of the Byzantine Empire was similar to that of Ancient Rome. Rich citizens of the Byzantine Empire had very colorful clothing.
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Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor from 483 to 565 AD, gold coin, Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Hagia Sophia was built between 532AD and 537AD and was the largest cathedral in Christendom until 1520, nearly 1000 years. (Photo:Deniz Nevin)
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Reconstruction model of #Acropolis . Source: planoreconstruccion
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City Walls of Constantinople.
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Ancient Greek vases. (Source: Antique Encylopaedia Prints)
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Delphi, the Oracle of Apollo and theatre, 4th Century B.C. Illustration akg-images.
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View of the interior of the HagiaSophia in Istanbul, December 1983.
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Chalice of the Emperor Romanos II,959-963,possibly from Hagia Sophia and looted in 1204. It is now in the Treasury of Saint Mark's in Venice.
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Spartan helmet on display in the Olympia Archaeological Museum, Peloponnese - Greece.
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The Hungarian crown; possibly made in a byzantine workshop in #Constantinople in the early 10th century.
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Relief on the Ruined 12th century Teghenyats Monastery in Armenia.
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The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC.
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Hagia Sophia of Trabzon constitutes one of the most important monuments of late Byzantine architecture. Now used as a mosque.
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#Byzantine embroidery
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