This picture was made in the Delphi Archeological Museum. This is the Charioteer, a 5th century bronze discovered beneath a layer of rubble in 1896 ( the statue, not me). At one time, he stood in a full-sized chariot north of the Temple of Apollo, only to be crushed and buried by an earthquake.
Linda and I were tired after the visit to the Delphi Archeological Site, so we decided to have a little refreshment at a cafe by the harbor in Itea before we got on a tender heading back to the Ocean Princess.
The tender is waiting to take us back to the ship.
Located at the Delphi Archeological Site, this is the Omphalos stone which marks the center of the world, according to the ancient Greeks.
Our walking tour traveled the Sacred Way to the Temple of Apollo. We discovered the "Sacred Way" and the ruins of "treasuries," small temples erected by Greek city-states to commemorate important events in their history. This is what is left of the Temple of Apollo.
As you can tell, this is one of the Treasuries.
This picture was made in the Delphi Archeological Museum. This is the Charioteer, a 5th century bronze discovered beneath a layer of rubble in 1896 ( the statue, not me). At one time, he stood in a full-sized chariot north of the Temple of Apollo, only to be crushed and buried by an earthquake.
Linda and I were tired after the visit to the Delphi Archeological Site, so we decided to have a little refreshment at a cafe by the harbor in Itea before we got on a tender heading back to the Ocean Princess.
The tender is waiting to take us back to the ship.
Located at the Delphi Archeological Site, this is the Omphalos stone which marks the center of the world, according to the ancient Greeks.
Our walking tour traveled the Sacred Way to the Temple of Apollo. We discovered the "Sacred Way" and the ruins of "treasuries," small temples erected by Greek city-states to commemorate important events in their history. This is what is left of the Temple of Apollo.
As you can tell, this is one of the Treasuries.
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