59 Sites whose Period is "Archaic"

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Aegina City, Neolithic ... Modern
Capital city of the island of Aegina.

Aegina, Sanctuary of Aphaia, Geometric ... Classical
A small, remote sanctuary of the goddess Aphaia.

Aigosthena, Geometric ... Roman
A Megarian fortified city.

Akanthos, Archaic ... Roman
The Greek city that aided Xerxes in cutting a canal across the Akte peninsula.

Akragas, Archaic ... Roman
One of the most prosperous of the Greek cities of Sicily and a rival to Syracuse in power.

Argissa, Neolithic ... Hellenistic
Settlement site with important Neolithic levels.

Argive Heraion, Geometric ... Roman
The main sanctuary to Hera in the Argive territory.

Argos, Early Bronze Age ... Modern
One of the major Mycenaean and ancient city-states of the Peloponnese.

Assos, Archaic ... Roman
Important fortified city in the Troad.

Athens, Neolithic ... Modern
Fortified city and center of a major city-state.

Brauron, Geometric ... Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Artemis, worshipped in her function as protectress of childbirth.

Corcyra, Archaic ... Roman
A colony established by Corinth that grew to become an important city-state.

Corinth, Neolithic ... Byzantine
Corinth was the capital of a major Greek city-state in the Archaic and Classical periods; a meeting place of the Hellenic League in the Hellenistic period and the capital of the Roman province of Achaea.

Delos, Dark Age ... Roman
Panhellenic Sanctuary of Apollo and Artemis.

Delphi, Geometric ... Roman
Panhellenic Sanctuary of Pythian Apollo.

Didyma, Dark Age ... Roman
The major Anatolian sanctuary dedicated to Apollo.

Dodona, Geometric ... Roman
The major sanctuary of Zeus in northern Greece.

Dreros, Geometric ... Byzantine
Early Iron Age settlement and later a Classical city-state.

Eleusis, Middle Bronze Age ... Roman
Panhellenic sanctuary of Demeter and Kore and center for the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Ephesos, Archaic ... Byzantine
An important Ionian city and later seat of the Roman governor of Asia Minor.

Epidauros, Dark Age ... Roman
Sanctuary of Apollo and Asklepios and an Asklepieion or healing center.

Eretria, Geometric ... Hellenistic
One of the 4 major city states of Euboea.

Euromos, Archaic ... Roman
A minor city with one of the best preserved temples in Anatolia.

Foce del Sele, Archaic ... Hellenistic
Sanctuary dedicated to Argive Hera.

Gela, Archaic ... Hellenistic
City of a Greek colony with well preserved city walls.

Halieis, Archaic ... Classical
City of southern Argolid with Hippodamian city grid.

Halikarnassos, Archaic ... Byzantine
Capital of the Carian king and satrap Mausolus.

Herakleia under Latmus, Archaic ... Roman
A Carian city refounded and enlarged in the Hellenistic period.

Iasos, Geometric ... Byzantine
One of the southernmost Greek cities of Anatolia, famed in antiquity for its harbors and commercial fishing.

Isthmia, Archaic ... Roman
One of the four major Panhellenic sanctuaries and site of the Isthmian Games, 2nd only to the Olympian Games in fame.

Kalydon, Archaic ... Hellenistic
Setting of the Kalydonian boar hunt.

Kameiros, Archaic ... Hellenistic
One of the three Dorian cities founded on the island of Rhodes.

Karystos, Dark Age ... Modern
Main city state of southern Euboea.

Labraunda, Archaic ... Byzantine
A major religious sanctuary and refuge in the Carian territory of Mylasa.

Mantinea, Geometric ... Roman
A rival of Tegea as the most important Arkadian city.

Metapontum, Archaic ... Hellenistic
A prosperous Greek colony.

Miletus, Late Bronze Age ... Roman
A great maritime power, center of science and philosophy in the Archaic period, and a major port in later periods.

Mycenae, Neolithic ... Hellenistic
Center of the Mycenaean Empire and traditional palace of Agamemnon.

Olympia, Early Bronze Age ... Roman
Panhellenic sanctuary of Zeus, center of Olympic Games.

Olynthus, Neolithic ... Classical
Grid planned city, capital of the Chalcidic League

Panionium, Archaic ... Roman
Sanctuary of Poseidon and meeting place of the Ionian League.

Perachora, Geometric ... Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Hera.

Piraeus, Archaic ... Roman
Port located on the Munichia peninsula 7 km from Athens.

Poseidonia, Archaic ... Roman
Also known as Paestum; a maritime city established by Greek colonists near the Heraion at Foce del Sele.

Prinias, Late Bronze Age ... Hellenistic
Early Iron Age Cretan refuge settlement in mountains.

Rhamnous, Archaic ... Hellenistic
A remote Attic deme center and secondary Attic port.

Samos, Heraion, Dark Age ... Roman
Sanctuary of Hera.

Samothrace, Archaic ... Roman
Major sanctuary in the North Aegean region, located on the island of Samothrace.

Selinus, Archaic ... Hellenistic
Wealthy colony on the SW coast of Sicily

Smyrna, Early Bronze Age ... Modern
A major ancient port city and archaeologically important for its Early Iron Age architectural remains.

Sounion, Geometric ... Roman
Sanctuary of Poseidon.

Sparta, Dark Age ... Roman
One of the major Classical city-states of ancient Greece.

Syracuse, Archaic ... Roman
The richest Greek city of Sicily and a western rival of Athens.

Tegea, Geometric ... Byzantine
One of the oldest and most powerful cities of Arkadia.

Thasos, Archaic ... Modern
Center of an island city-state.

Thermon, Late Bronze Age ... Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Apollo and meeting place of the Aetolian League.

Thorikos, Neolithic ... Hellenistic
Main city in the Laurion mining district, and one of the original 12 Attic deme sites.

Troy, Early Bronze Age ... Roman
Major Late Bronze Age settlement at the Hellespont.

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