this is part of the ancient city of athens which is at the foot of the acropolis hill.ually a residential neighbourhood. there are houses and workshops, bath, private and public buildings. we are excited that we can show this site to the visitors because it is a very nice roman and early byzantine site that is not usually uncovered to such a great extent in athens. it is quite important. the acropolis museum was built on top of this vast excavation site, a challenge for any good architect. but a source of great pride for angeliki, who spent almost two decades here uncovering the homes of ancient athenian. i can see a tiled floor in the middle there. would that have been a room? this is the central court out of the house of a middle—class house. quite big one, maybe 360 square metres. an open—air courtyard. and looking at that we can say that this is a wealthy person? definitely. this is a nice pavement. they can afford to make it a bit fancy. they could afford to make it a bit fancy. while archaeologists here have put down their shovels and brushes for good, there are e

this is part of the ancient city of athens which is at the foot of the acropolis hill.t's actually a residential neighbourhood. there are houses of everyday people, and workshops, bath, private and public buildings. the acropolis museum was built on top of this vast excavation site, a challenge for any good architect. but a source of great pride for angeliki, who spent almost two decades here uncovering the homes of ancient athenians. i can see there's sort of a tiled floor in the middle there. would that have been a room? this is the central courtyard of the house of a middle—class house. quite big one, sort of, 360 square metres. it's an open—air courtyard. while archaeologists here have put down their shovels and brushes for good, there are enough forgotten treasures around greece to keep them in work. greece is like heaven for history geeks like me and if you know where you're looking, there're artefacts around every corner. i am driving to one of the most exciting ongoing excavation sides about 1.5 hours outside athens. last year, greek archaeologists announced to

dedicated to the goddess athena, it is the centrepiece of the rocky acropolis hill.ntry's most visited monument. nestled at the bottom of its slopes, the modern acropolis museum houses most of the artefacts found in the area. including some of the famous parthenon frieze. and this year, it celebrates its 10th anniversary. this museum replaced an older building that had become too small to house the sheer number of antiquities found on the hill. it's ten times the size, with a unique collection, and as you can see from the queues, it is rather popular. almost 15 million people have passed through the doors of the museum since it was opened a decade ago. hello. i'm christa. i am angeliki. nice to meet you. good to meet you as well. let's go this way. and to mark the anniversary, a whole new section has just been opened to the public underneath the building. so what are we looking at here? this is part of the ancient city of athens, which is at the foot of the acropolis hill. it is actually a residential neighbourhood. there are houses of everyday people, workshops, bat

this is part of the ancient city of athens which is at the foot of the acropolis hill.l neighbourhood. there are houses and workshops, bath, private and public buildings. the acropolis museum was built on top of this vast excavation site, a challenge for any good architect. but a source of great pride for angeliki, who spent almost two decades here uncovering the homes of ancient athenians. i can see a tiled floor in the middle there. would that have been a room? this is the central court out of the house of a middle—class house. quite big one, maybe 360 square metres. an open—air courtyard. while archaeologists here have put down their shovels and brushes for good, there are enough forgotten treasures around greece to keep them in work. greece is like heaven for history geeks like me and if you know where to look, there artefacts around every corner. i am driving to one of the most exciting ongoing excavation sides about 1.5 hours outside athens. last year, greek archaeologists announced to the world that they had located the lost city of tenea which until then had onl

nestled at the bottom of its slopes, the modernist acropolis museum houses most of the ancient a rtefas year it celebrates its 10th anniversary. this museum replaced an older building that had become just too small to the sheer number of antiquity is found on the hill. it is ten times the size. it has a unique collection and as you can see from the queue it is popular. almost 50 million people are passed through the doors of the museum since it was opened a decade ago. and mark the anniversary, a whole new section just been open to the public. underneath the building. so what are we looking at here? we are looking at part of the entrance of the city of athens which is at the foot of the app acropolis hill. it is a residential neighbourhood warehouses of everyday people, workshops, public and private buildings. the acropolis museum was built on top of this fast excavation site, a challenge for any good architect but a source of great prize —— pride for the archaeologist to spend decades here uncovering old houses. that tiled floor, what is that? the central courtyard of the house of a m

this is part of the ancient city of athens which is at the foot of the acropolis hill.any good architect. but a source of great pride for angeliki, who spent almost two decades here uncovering the homes of ancient athenians. i can see there's sort of a tiled floor in the middle there. would that have been a room? this is the central court out of the house of a middle—class house. quite big one, sort of, 360 square metres. it's an open—air courtyard. while archaeologists here have put down their shovels and brushes for good, there are enough forgotten treasures around greece to keep them in work. greece is like heaven for history geeks like me and if you know where you're looking, there're artefacts around every corner. i am driving to one of the most exciting ongoing excavation sides about 1.5 hours outside athens. last year, greek archaeologists announced to the world that they had located the lost city of tenea which until then had only existed on the pages of ancient texts. the city is believed to have been built by prisoners of the legendary trojan war, and this mon

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and we head to greece as the acropolis museum unveils its newest excavation to mark its tenth anniversary. that's in the travel show in half an hour. much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the city's public transport network — many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly—imposed ban on wearing face—masks. the protesters use the masks to avoid identification. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. the extreme actions of the extreme actions of rioters the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong, and made hong kong society semi—paralysed. everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared. the government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. i appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance with the law, condemn violence together and cut ties with rioters with a firm well. let's talk to our correspo

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and we head to greece as the acropolis museum unveils its newest excavation to mark its tenth anniversary