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ElliotWilson

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Dandarah, Egypt

Dendera Light

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

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Dandarah, Egypt

Hathor Temple

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

Snapping Fire Dragon

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Prosfygika

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

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Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Aika

Gestapo Interrogation Memorial

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

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Fallen Aviators Monument

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Aika

Choragic Monument of Lysicrates

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

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Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

Aika

First Cemetery of Athens

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Aika

Agia Dynamis

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

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Little Metropolis Church

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

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The Athens Polytechnic Monument

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

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Old Madrasa of Athens

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

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Dromeas (The Runner)

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Aika

Roman Tomb in Zara

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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Konitsa, Greece

Konitsa Bridge

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

Tony Dunnell

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Mesopotamos, Greece

Necromanteion of Ephyra

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Annetta Black

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Brooklyn, New York

Park Slope Plane Crash

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn, New York

Ebbets Field Apartments

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

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Brooklyn, New York

Studebaker Building

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

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