Saturday, June 7, 2014

Last day in Greece :(

Our fourth, and final hotel.

Metro ride!

Poseidon's Temple at Cape Sounion. There is very little known about this because when it was found, the first archaeologists took very little care when excavating and lots of items were destroyed. What is known is that this was the temple that reached out the farthest in the Aegean, and when invaders were spotted, fires were signaled that could be seen at Aphea Temple on the island of Aegina, that would then fire signals that could be seen at the Parthenon on the Acropolis.

Luke is holding up the temple to protect it from falling on Sarah and Hannah!


Nice group shot looking over the Aegean.





Corinthia Canal

Apparently people bundgy jump over this... Personally, that sounds a bit crazy to me! I was too afraid to go near the edge of the railing to take a closer picture over the side!


Clay class in Mycenae



Sage's Spartan clay figure.

Natalie's clay figure.



Thursday, June 5, 2014

Mycenae

Walking up to King Argrmendon's castle! This dates back to the Trojan War and was built 1,300 years before the theatre at Epidaurus.

They found his burial chamber during excavations!

Here is the tomb within the chamber.

Supposedly, when you take pictures and orbs show in the pictures, then it means he's happy to see you. It was my lucky day!!



Wednesday, June 4, 2014

99% original!... Even after an earthquake and landslides!!

Epidaurus is a 2,400 year old stadium that is still used today. The acoustics in it are amazing, and we tested it out just to make sure. Standing at the bottom of the theatre (or the stage) one can talk quietly and those at the very top can still hear! The theatre can seat up to 15,000 people.