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Archaeological wonders tagged “acropolis”

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Archaeological wonders3 Temple complexes2 Ionic temples1 Megaliths1 Pyramids1

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🇬🇷Greece2 🇲🇽Mexico1

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acropolis3 erechtheion2 athena polias1 athens1 caryatid1 ek balam1 ionic1 maya

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🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex

Erechtheion — Acropolis of Athens

Late Classical (Peloponnesian War) · Classical Athenian

421–405 BCE asymmetric Ionic with Caryatids, housing Athena Polias and Poseidon-Erechtheus on Mycenaean terrace.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder

Ek Balam

Late Classic Maya 600–850 CE · Maya (Talol kingdom)

146-m Acropolis with jaguar stucco frieze, 600–850 CE Maya city.

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🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex

Acropolis of Athens

Classical High 447–406 BCE over Bronze Age citadel · Athenian Classical Greek

Periclean citadel with Parthenon, Erechtheion Caryatids and Propylaia — summit of Classical Greece.