The Acropolis in Athens, Greece, has had a long history of human occupation. Over the course of millennia, the outcropping of rock that dominates the ancient city has been frequently reconfigured (the north side of the Acropolis is seen at the left; image © 1977 Donald H. Sanders; used with permission; hover over to enlarge). At the same time, the top of the outcrop has seen a myriad of buildings, sculptures, and miscellaneous monuments of numerous kinds. The history of the complex of structures and artwork that crowned the Acropolis has been and continues to be studied by students and scholars. Analyses of the history and organization of the monuments on the Acropolis continues to fascinate (for site location, see GoogleEarth map below).
LEARNING SITES has been asked four separate times to work on modeling aspects of the Acropolis, resulting in three progressively more detailed 3D visualizations (a rendering from one such model is seen at the left; hover over to enlarge).
Various images extracted from our 3D models of the Acropolis (including renderings, an animation, and the virtual world) are available for purchase from the Institute for the Visualization of History (www.vizin.org; click on the Products button). The images are ready to use in any noncommercial educational context.
The map is oriented over the Acropolis (whitish area around the pushpin).
If you turn on Satellite view and then zoom in, you will be able to view the
current remains on the hill (the pin points to the east porch of the Parthenon).
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