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Stone construction made with thick stone blocks elevating above the tree line. There is a bulging construction in the foreground with an arrow with the inscription "place ou eta trouve... La Statue de Venus"
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Photograph with view of a field of trees with a donkey on the foreground and mountains in the far background.
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The picture shows 5 people (including Joseph Shaw on the right) in the foreground standing over what seems to be an archeological site with multiple levels getting narrower and deeper as it was excavated. The material seems to be symmetrical stone blocks. The background shows an ocean indicating the positioning of this site on the coastline looking out at mountains.
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This is a landscape photograph of Knossos and Mt. Ida. The picture stretches far to show the palace in the foreground and the snowy mountain range in the background.
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This is a frontal close up photograph of a large quarry on the Greek island of Naxos. Voids where stone has been removed are visible. The cuts are worn.
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This is a view of a town and some ruins on flat land and a mountain range capped with snow in the background. The land is not densely packed with buildings, more like a few here and there.
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This is a view of the site of Menelaia/Menelaion as well as the Taygetos mountain range. There are a few ruins with archaelogical tools in place. Many plants/flowers are growing on the site; there is snow on the mountaintop.
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This photo shows two men standing on top of a pile of pottery sherds. They are standing near the water.
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This is a photograph of the Minoan town (archaeological site) of Gournia taken from a high vantage point. Two people stand in the site.
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This image shows a wide shot of hilly farmlands with ruins in the center, surrounded by trees or bushes. These are the ruins of Knossos, an ancient Minoan palace on Crete. The land around the ruins appears to be currently inhabited, with evidence of a small town behind the ruins and farmland in the foreground.
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This image shows a view from a mountainside across a densely forested mountain range. The limestone bedrock is cut into regular rectanges in a grid pattern.
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View from inside a cave/mountain called Inatos near Tsoutsouros village. Very dark, blurry image with light projecting from the opening in the cave.
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This image shows a group of people dining at a restaurant with food spread out on the table. The building has white walls and a thatched roof. Joseph Shaw, the director of the Kommos excavation, is visible in the center of the image with his back to the camera.
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This is an image of a group of four people talking at he archaeological site of Kommos. The ocean is visible at the bottom left, but the majority of the background shows an excavated building and trees, with a donkey.
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This photograph shows the Minoan site of Kommos, taken from a low vantage point. The focus is on a series of walls at different levels of the excavation.
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This image shows an interior view of the walls of an archaeological site, the Minoan site of Kommos. There are several connected rooms and stone walls already excavated. Painted plaster is visible still attached to one wall, slightly left of center, covered by plastic. There are tools present in the picture, including a pickaxe and what appears to be a large palette knife, indicating that work is still being done at this site.
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View from a peak on South Ithaca near the Arethusa spring. Ocean and the island of Ligia take up most of the view.
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This is a view of the Vathy Harbor at Ithaca from a high vantage point. The image shows the surrounding mountains and sea beyond that. It also shows the modern structures around the harbor.
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This is an upclose photograph of blossoming plants in the foreground and a body of water in the background.
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This image shows a man with a camera in the middle of a brick pathway, surrounded by cultivated greenery and several statues, including a statue of Lord Byron at the right. It appears to be a cemetery. There are several obelisk statues in the background, but the closest monument, as well as the focus of the man’s camera in the image, is a large stone trapezoid with fresh wreaths in front of it.
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This is a monument in the shape of a stele. The monument is stone and features a naked man holding an olive branch and a goblet.
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This is a monument to commemorate the support of the American people during World War II (1939). This frieze depicts a woman in composite perspective with a helmet holding a staff (her left arm is raised). There is an eagle above her. There are also 2 Greek inscriptions carved on the left side of the woman. The upper inscription reads: "The sons of Perikles of the Achepa Organization." The lower inscription reads: "In memory of the American heroes who fought for Greek freedom in 1939." This is in the Garden of Heros in Missolonghi, which contains many monuments made commenorating the Greek War of Independence. This monument honors Americans (symbolized by the American national bird and a woman personfiying liberty).
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This image shows a Greek monument depicting a human form which is resting atop a pedestal, and the steps leading up to it. The image is of a young Greek girl with her hair in a knot, clutching a robe or clothing. She is sitting on top of the grave marker and is tracing the name of the deceased with her hand. Two children are present on the steps, one in traditional Greek clothing. The monument itself is surrounded by foliage and trees.
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This is a photo of a floor mosaic, two centaurs in a heraldic position facing one another surrounded by a circle with other geometric shapes. A triangle is visible in the center top above their heads and a moon above the left and sun above the right centaur.
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This image is of what remains of a bull-shaped artifact made from thin sheets of silver metal from 6th century BCE Delphi. Enough of the bull remains to identify its shape, with most of the missing sheets leaving holes in the middle of the artifact.