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Antikythera Mechanism

2000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

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Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Dromeas (The Runner)

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

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Patsas

This offal soup is a classic Greek hangover cure.

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