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The Hydraulis of Dion is a unique exhibit of the archaeological museum in Dion in Macedonia. It is the oldest instrument of that type discovered so far. The organ was produced in the 1st century BCE.

The main cardo of Dion was a wide street on a north-south axis that connected the city centre with the nearby religious sanctuaries. The original street was laid out in the late 4th century BCE. In the 3rd century CE, it was paved in large...

The Archaeological Museum of Dion is a museum in Dion in the Pieria Prefecture of Central Macedonia, Greece. The museum was established in 1983 to display the artefacts that were discovered in Dion and in other sites located in the wider...

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.

The Sanctuary of Zeus Hypsistos at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was a sanctuary with a single-roomed temple cella surrounded by a colonnade. A cult statue of Zeus was found in the naos of the temple of Zeus Hypsistos, next to its masonry base...

The Sanctuary of Isis at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was built during the 2nd century CE over the ruins of an earlier sanctuary dedicated to Aphrodite and Artemis. It had a four-columned prostyle temple in its center dedicated to Isis Lochia...

A 3D render of what Aspasia of Miletus, consort to Pericles, may have looked like. This is how Aspasia is depicted in the video game Assassin's Creed Odyssey by Ubisoft.

Votive relief with a depiction of Isis, from the facade of the main temple of the Sanctuary of Isis in Dion (Greece). Second half of 3rd–early 2nd century BCE. Isis was an Egyptian goddess who became popular around the Mediterranean in the...

The Houses of Zosa and Leda in Dion in Macedonia (Greece) are two private houses were located in the southeastern corner of the ancient city. Only a narrow road separated them from the southern city wall. Both houses were built around the...

The Monument of the Shields in Dion (Greece) is a monument alternating panels of shields and breastplates. These panels come from a frieze originally carved in the 4th century BCE for an unknown monumental Hellenistic building. The wall and...