During the Acropolis excavations in Athens, which terminated in 1888, many potsherds of the Mycenaean style were found ; but Olympia had yielded either none, or such as had not been recognized before being thrown away, and the temple site at Delphi produced nothing distinctively Aegean ( in dating ).

In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a dragon who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth.

Delphi became the site of a major temple to Phoebus Apollo, as well as the Pythian Games and the famous prehistoric oracle.

In the last quarter of the 8th century BC there is a steady increase in artifacts found at the settlement site in Delphi, which was a new, post-Mycenaean settlement of the late 9th century.

Occupation of the site at Delphi can be traced back to the Neolithic period with extensive occupation and use beginning in the Mycenaean period ( 1600 – 1100 BC ).

Three of the Doric columns have been restored, making it the most popular site at Delphi for tourists to take photographs.

It is known that Olympia originally housed far more of these statues, but time brought ruin to many of them, leaving Delphi as the main site of athletic statues.

Road leading to the Delphi Museum and site.

The site is also protected as a site of extraordinary natural beauty, and the views from it are also protected: no industrial artefacts are to be seen from Delphi other than roads and traditional architecture residences ( for example HT power lines and the like are routed as to be invisible from the area of the sanctuary ).

Modern Delphi is situated immediately west of the archaeological site and hence is a popular tourist destination.

In medieval times Delphi was also called Kastri and was built on the archaeological site.

In 1893 archaeologists from the École française d ' Athènes finally located the actual site of ancient Delphi and the village was moved to a new location, west of the site of the temples.

" Robin Lane Fox notes that Cretan bronzes are found at Delphi from the eighth century onwards, and Cretan sculptures are dedicated as late as ca 620-600 BC: "" Dedications at the site cannot establish the identity of its priesthood ," he observes, " but for once we have an explicit text to set beside the archaeological evidence.

Beginning during 1892, a team of French archaeologists directed by Théophile Homolle of the Collège de France excavated the site at Delphi.

During the 1980s, the interdisciplinary team of geologist Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, archaeologist John R. Hale, forensic chemist Jeffrey P. Chanton, and toxicologist Henry R. Spiller investigated the site at Delphi using this photograph and other sources as evidence, as part of a United Nations survey of all active faults in Greece.

Parnassos, which enclose the sacred site of Delphi, the center of the Hellenic world.

During the Acropolis excavations in Athens, which terminated in 1888, many potsherds of the Mycenaean style were found ; but Olympia had yielded either none, or such as had not been recognized before being thrown away, and the temple site at Delphi produced nothing distinctively Aegean.

File: Delphii Indiana Milroy site. JPG | Site of Samuel Milroy's cabin ( 1827 ) founding Delphi, Carrol County, Indiana

** The Tholos at Delphi, a circular building located approximately 800 metres from the main site of the ruined Temple of Apollo

* Principles of Forecasting A free service to support Delphi forecasting and references are available on this site.

Since the hazards of poor communication are so great, p can be justified as a habitable site only on the basis of unusual productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling purposes, a mine, or a sugar maple camp.

A new waterfront site for the bureau is now being built at Atlantic City, New Jersey, to provide the most modern marine testing facilities as a further tool to keep the sport safe.

This is particularly true in site selection.

It is usually helpful to make a sketch map in the field, showing the size and location of the features of interest and to take photographs at the site.

For site planning work, it is best to have a qualified and experienced park planner to carry through the study.

Water interest is one of the most valuable factors you can find for a recreation site.

If the site is on a reservoir, the level of the water at various seasons as it affects recreation should be studied.

The quantity and quality of water sources is often a big factor in site selection.

In the United States Department of Agriculture's Yearbook Of Agriculture, 1952, which is devoted entirely to insects, George E. Bohart mentions a site in Utah which was estimated to contain 200,000 nesting females.

The site of the oblong piazza is Domitian's ancient stadium, which was probably used for horse and chariot races.

The place is Camusfearna, the site of a long-vanished sea-village opposite the isle of Skye.

As methodology, ethnography is based upon long-term fieldwork within a community or other research site.

The life-size so-called " Adonis " found in 1780 on the site of a villa suburbana near the Via Labicana in the Roman suburb of Centocelle is identified as an Apollo by modern scholars.

AFI ScreenNation is a Web site featuring AFI-produced educational materials and tips for new filmmakers to share work, receive recognition and compete for prizes.

* Altenberg is also a lost town and archaeological site in the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia

The relationship between the author and the editor, often the author's only liaison to the publishing company, is often characterized as the site of tension.

Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d ' Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in English history as the Battle of Agincourt.

It is unmyelinated, approximately 25μm in length and functions as the site of action potential initiation.

One such site featured in her books is the temple site of Abu Simbel in her book Death on the Nile, as well as the great detail in which she describes life at the dig site in her book Murder in Mesopotamia.

: Christie ’ s Murder in Mesopotamia is the most archaeologically influenced of all her novels as it is set in the Middle East at an archaeological dig site and associated expedition house.

The novel is most noted for its careful description of the dig site and house, which showed the author had spent much of her own time in very similar situations herself.

As South Australia's seat of government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions.