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The Episcopal Basilica at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was first built in the 4th century CE along the road leading to Mount Olympus. It was expanded in the 5th century CE.

Recorded sites and cemeteries in Greece. (a) LH IIIB period , shows a total of 628 sites and cemeteries. (b) LH IIIC period, shows a total of 147, a reduction of slightly over 75% in the number of recorded sites and cemeteries. (Source...

The Panathenaic Way was the road leading from the main gate of Athens up to the Acropolis and built for the purpose of the great Panathenaia religious festival.

The Hellenistic Theatre at Dion in Macedon with Mount Olympus in the background. The theatre was built into a natural hill during the 3rd century BCE. It underwent several phases of modification during the reign of Philip V (r. 221-179 BCE...

The starting line or 'balbis' consisted of 12 lanes with posts held in vertical sockets between which a catapult mechanism or 'hysplex' of tensed rope would prevent any athlete from false starting. A judge would simultaneously release the...

The Bath (last third of the 4th century BCE) was used for washing and bathing by athletes (and possibly also spectators) during the games. A large central pool - waist deep - is flanked by two tub rooms with wash basins. The building seems...

The 'Apodyterion' or athletes locker room was where athletes would have made their final preparations before entering the stadium via a passageway and tunnel linking the two. The building originally surrounded a small court on three sides...

The western side of the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

This 36.5m long passageway, constructed in 330-320 BCE leads from the athletes locker room into the stadium and is the entrance through which the athletes would have first appeared to the waiting spectators.

Constructed in 330-320 BCE, the entrance to the stadium is mostly hidden from view from the spectators in the stadium and the athletes entrance would have been all the more dramatic.