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The Antikythera mechanism.

Antikythera Mechanism

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

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Pittaki Street.

Pittaki Street

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

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Ancient Agora, Athens

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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The Stathatos Mansion houses the temporary exhibits of the Museum of Cycladic Art. (Wikimedia Commons)

Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

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Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

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The Gennadius Library

The Gennadius Library

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

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Little Metropolis Church

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

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Magic Sphere of Helios.

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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