[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Old Excavation House

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The Old Excavation House The photograph below, taken in June of 1939, illustrates the extent of the Agora Excavations during the first eight years. The so-called Old Excavation House, located at Asteroskopeiou ... View from the Observatory looking east, showing the extent of excavations in June 1939.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Ekklesia

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The Ekklesia (Citizens' Assembly) All Athenian citizens had the right to attend and vote in the Ekklesia, a full popular assembly which met about every 10 days. All decrees (psephismata) were ratified ... View of the Pnyx from the Observatory with the Speaker’s platform (bema) visible right of center.