Eretria
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Eretria is a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important Greek polis in the 6th and 5th century BC, mentioned by many famous writers an
Aerial view of Eretria.
Statue of a youth found in the gymnasium, now in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Coin of Eretria, 500–490 BC. Silver obol. Obverse: Facing head of cow. Reverse: Octopus in incuse square.
Ancient polygonal city walls on the acropolis
Greek Dark Ages
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The Greek Dark Ages was a period in Ancient Greece that emerged from the wider Late Bronze Age collapse, which affected much of the Eastern Mediterranean. This age was characterized by the collapse of
Eretria
…1600–1100 BC), the population dwindled and the remains found so far have been interpreted as an observation post. The site was abandoned during the Greek Dark Ages. The oldest archaeological finds date the foundation of the city to the Greek Dark Ages…
Geometric-style box in the shape of a barn. On display in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus. From early geometric cremation burial of a wealthy pregnant woman, 850 BC.
Finds from an early Geometric cremation burial of a pregnant wealthy woman, from the N.W. of the Areopagus, about 850 BC, Ancient Agora Museum (Athens); exhibit 14–16: broad gold finger rings; exhibit 17–19: gold finger rings; 20: pair of gold earrings with trapezoid endings
An Ancient Greek pair of terracotta boots. Early geometric period cremation burial of a woman, 900 BC. Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.