Today, we visited the ancient Agora. The Agora was the place where most of the commerce in the city occurred and was the ancient heart. Socrates used to use the site as a means to approach random citizens and test out his ideas. Today, it is a pile of ruins. We found an American group who was excavating the site and learned much about the process of excavation, cataloging, and preservation. In the afternoon, we visited the National Archaelogical Museum. After passing by the Mask of Agamemnon, we saw the rest of the museum, including a famous statue of Aphrodite that is the inspiration for many copies. We also saw the first computer in the world, found on a shipwreck off the coast of Greece. It was used to map the stars, moon and sun and to navigate the sea, although it obviously failed, as the ship wrecked.
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