Greek pyramids
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Greek pyramids, also known as the Pyramids of Argolis, refers to several ancient structures located in the plains of Argolid, Greece. The best known of these is known as the Pyramid of Hellinikon. Dur
The Pyramid of Hellenikon
1887 illustration of the pyramid.
Argos, Peloponnese
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Argos is a city and a former municipality in the Peloponnese region of Greece, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Argolis, having nearly twice
Greek pyramids
…edge of the plain of Argos, near the springs of river Erasinos (spring of Kefalari) and on the main arterial road which during antiquity led from Argos to Tegea and the rest of Arcadia and Kynouria, there is a small structure extant known as the Pyramid of Hellenikon. Although these structures are of…
Panoramic view of Argos
Triobol of Argos, struck c. 270–250 BC. Obv.: forepart of a wolf, alluding to Apollo Lykeios, the patron-god of the city; rev.: large A (for Argos) within an incuse square.
The Heraion of Argos
View of the ancient theatre