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DELPHI
DELPHI//
DAY 26
 The Greek countryside in Peloponnese. |  The bell tower at the monestary. |  The monastery is surrounded by mountainous farmland. |
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 A warped tree stretches out its branches in the courtyard. |  The monastery Hosios Loukas. |  Students walk through the courtyard towards the monastery. |
 The gateway from the courtyard to the church. |  A fountain with flowing water in the wall outside the church. |  The monastery is in the name of Saint Luke. |
 The main church at the monastery. It still completely functional. |  The walkway leads back to the stables and the tombs. |  The entrance to the church. |
 Hosios Loukas was founded early in the 10th century. |  There are arches on both sides of the church. |  A ceiling decorated in gold and pictures of icons. |
 Circle windows let natural sunlight into the basilica. |  In the center of the church stands an altar with icons of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, with high dome ceilings. |  The main dome ceiling in church. |
 Seating lines the sides of the church, leaving the center of the room open. |  Large arch windows line the second floor of the monastery. |  A closer view of the icons at the altar. |
 A student stands in the doorway at the entrance to the church. |  All of the ceilings are ornately decorated with icons. |  People light candles for prayer in the second, smaller church. |
 The main dome ceiling at the smaller church on the site. |  Icons line the wall of the second church. |  More icons and candles decorate the basilica. |
 Large archways are a common architecture focal point from this time period. |  Looking up in the church. |  The altar in the smaller church. |
 More gold designs along the dome ceilings. |  Another view of the a ceiling, decorated with icons and gold. |  In the burial crypt at the monastery. |
 The ceiling in the burial crypt. |  The entrance to the burial crypt. |  The archways in the tombs are ornately painted. |
 Even underground there are windows to allow in natural light. |
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DELPHI//
DAY 27
 The start of the uphill walk at Delphi. |  Columns remaining from a temple on the mountainside. |  The view from the base of the ancient site at Delphi. |
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 The treasury still stands. |  The mountain that the ancient site was built on. |  The Athenian treasury was created to hold everything the people dedicated to the god Apollo. |
 Looking up from the path leading to the temple of Apollo. |  A large, round column remains standing. |  A tall, twisted column stands outside the temple to Apollo. |
 The grand temple to Apollo. He was worshiped here because the people thought he was speaking to them through the oracles. |  These famous prophecies from the god Apollo are thought to have been hallucinations from natural laughing gas that was coming out of the earth. |  Inside the temple to Apollo. |
 Looking down on the floor plan to the temple. |  The theater overlooks the temple to Apollo. |  The ancient theater at Delphi. |
 The Greeks had figured out acoustics so well that from standing at the very top of the theater, visitors can hear someone speaking in a normal pitch. |  The gymnasium at the top of the ancient site. |  The stadium curves and holds people on one side. The other side either didn't have seating or has been eroded. |
 Traveling higher on the mountain reveals the peak. |  Looking down on the temple to Apollo from the gymnasium. |  A feral cat on the ledge at the ancient theater. |
 A fountain that still holds water on the path up to the gymnasium. |  A cat roams the ruins at Delphi. |  The great temple to Athena at Delphi. |
 Two kouros, boys, statues at the museum at Delphi. |  The great Sphinx at Delphi. |  The mountain ranges on on Peloponnese. |
 The roof to the temple was ornately decorated. |  A great statue found in Delphi. |  A doorway was decorated with statues, greeting people as they entered. |
 The wall in the museum has a photograph of the excavations, so these statues look as it would have on-site. |  The remains of the Charioteer at Delphi. |  An image of how the statue looked, with the remaining pieces filling in the space. |
 Flags from around the world line the street at the ancient site. |  A large statue stands in the middle of all of the flags. |  A cat wanders the streets in modern Delphi. |
 Looking over the mountain range to the sea. |
Virtual Reconstruction of Delphi
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