Omphalos

Pythagorean Triples

Dionysos

Dionysos on a  panther - mosaic from Pella

     Athanasios G. Angelopoulos, "Prehistoric colonies of the Greeks"  (1999 - Vol. 2, p. 13).

    The new color map was posted on 15 June 2012 - see also "Argonautica".

The Golden Apples of Hesperides

Argonautica

The map is based on Ptolemy's "Geography" (c. 140 AD). The ancient maps of Mesopotamia, Arabia, India and SE Asia have been already posted.

Homer and Hesiod

Scythia

The great Eleusinian relief
Demeter, Triptolemos, and Kore (Persephone)

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Prehistoric and ancient Africa

 

* The map of ancient Egypt has been posted in "Prehistoric Egypt" (Feb. 9, 2011).