(ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD) I've been going back to many sites & museums in Athens taking video for my online class

I love the way video captures the 3D nature of objects. It'll revolutionize my teaching

White ground lekythos showing tomb with offerings. From Eretria @namuseumathens

Red-figure rhyton in the shape of a Ram's head. From Anavyssos, Attica (460-450 BCE) @namuseumathens

Satyr-head antefixes from the Temple of Apollo at Thermon @namuseumathens

Votive house model from the Argive Heraion @namuseumathens

Terracotta votive model of a wagon carrying the bier from Anagyrous, Attica (7th c BC) @namuseumathens

The Middle Stoa at the Athenian Agora (cc @ASCSAthens)

Walking down the channel of the Great Drain in the Industrial district of the Athenian Agora

Here's a pic of it further up

The entrance to the Hephaestion in the Athenian Agora

The Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis

Panning over to the wall of the Athenian Acropolis, built partly with columns from the old Parthenon

Peering in to the Erechtheion

Showing just how hard it is to see the Parthenon frieze in context (south side)

Eastern facade of the Parthenon

Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Panathenaia stadium from the Acropolis

Walking along the Parthenon frieze in the Acropolis Museum (where it's displayed perfectly at eye level)

Walking around some of the sculptural blocks from the Erechtheion

Zooming up close to get the decorative detail on a door from the Erechtheion

The karyatids on the Acropolis museum

Sculptural representation of theatrical masks in the Acropis museum

I've got so many more! Hopefully my students appreciate all the effort I'm putting in to bring the ancient world to them

Because archaeology is all about looking close!

Ah, I realized I forgot some sculpture!

Check out this Minotaur from @namuseumathens

Or this amazing bronze statue of Poseidon/Zeus found on a shipwreck

or how about this sculpture base in 3D @namuseumathens

how do we know it's a sculpture base, well the end of the clip shows you where the sculpture would go

Alright last one for now... a quick pan around some of the Bronze Age wall paintings from Akrotiri, preserved due to the volcanic eruption of Thira

I'm confident from the reaction that my students will get a kick out of these little clips

I'm sure you'll all see these clips and others in future threads and as I share my teaching videos

But if you're impatient and want to see more Athenian archaeology, why not check out this thread on the Roman neighborhood under the Acropolis Museum https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1189145182954033152