Archaeology - Ancient Greece Archaeology

Dörpfeld
Dörpfeld was an architect who worked on archaeological excavations of Troy and Athens.

Knossos
Knossos is the site of a palace that Sir Arthur Evans excavated in Crete.

Minoan Bronze Age Minoan Civilization of Ancient Crete
The Minoans were a Bronze Age civilization of Ancient Crete whose early language, Linear A, we have not deciphered. Sir Arthur Evans was responsible for the excavations at Knossos and defining the Minoan period of Crete as a major civilization from c. 1900-1300 B.C.

Schliemann, who excavated Troy, Mycenae, Tiryns, and Orchomenos, thought the Trojan Was was fought at Hissarlik.

Hisarlik
Hisarlik is the site Heinrich Schliemann thought was Troy.

Black Figure
Glossary entry on the vase painting technique known as black figure.

Red Figure and Bi-Lingual Vases
Glossary explanation of the later vase painting styles.

Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Franchthi Cave: A layered key to the prehistory of Greece
From Kris Hirst, the About Guide to Archaeology, an article about a cave first occupied during the Middle Paleolithic sometime between 35,000 and 30,000 years ago, and pretty much consistently up until about the final Neolithic Period, about 3000 B.C.

Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
29 introductory lesson, which explain Helladic, Cycladic, and Anatolian. There are other lessons on palaces in the Aegean, Minoan art, shaft graves, religious architecture, and ordinary housing.

Tel
Tel is used in names of ruined cities.

The Palace of Minos at Knossos
From Kris Hirst, the About Guide to Archaeology, a look at the building of the palace at Knossos in Crete.