5 Digit Number Lock

Greece is known for its several ancient landmarks! Read carefully about these five famous sites to solve the number lock! The numbers are hidden within each image or description.

The Parthenon: The majestic ruins of an ancient Greek building, known for its dignified white marble columns and perfect sense of proportion. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and Western civilization, and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments.

Acropolis: The most famous site in all of Athens, this large hill lies in the center of the city and contains a cluster of ancient ruins. The "sisters" statues represent ancient divas. One of them was lost when it burned in a fire. Legend has it that the others could be heard weeping in the night. How many are there?

Temple of Apollo: This ancient Greek temple is most famous for the oracle it contains, where pilgrims from all over the ancient world would come to have their fortunes told. It is an imposing temple of the Doric order with Doric columns whose existence was woven through the turbulent history of the site, and endured numerous incarnations before it settled to the ruinous state we find it today.

Delphi Ruins: According to mythology, it is here that the two eagles sent out by Zeus from the ends of the universe to find the navel of the world met. The sanctuary of Delphi, set within a most spectacular landscape, was for many centuries the cultural and religious centre and symbol of unity for the Hellenic world.

Read this information about the Olympic Games, which originated in Ancient Greece. Then, answer each question to solve this puzzle. Unscramble your answers! An Olympic event will help you on your quest!

1. What were the requirements for an athlete to participate in the Olympics Games?

R. Man who spoke Greek

S. Free man who spoke Greek

T. Slave who spoke Greek

2. For how long did athletes have to train?

H. 9 months

I. 10 months

J. 1 year

3. Which was not a reward for winning?

Q. Large sum of money

R. Olive branch

S. Name in the newspaper

4. What was the first and only event in the early Olympics?

D. stadion

E. long jump

F. boxing

5. What did long jumpers use to help propel their bodies forward?

C. weights

D. poles

E. limited clothing

6. Why were athletes allowed to pass through enemy territory to get to the games?

T. They needed access to compete

U. A truce was observed between warring states

V. They weren't

5 Digit Color Lock

Use the map and information below about Ancient Greece history to solve the color lock! Pay attention to the sequence of the information. Look very carefully at the name of each city state and where the crosses on the map are located.

Greek City-States

There are no city-states left in Greece today. But long ago, there were hundreds of city-states in ancient Greece, some really small ones and some really big ones with large populations. Each was an independent city. A city-state is not a country. It is a political unit. Each city-state in ancient Greece had its own government and its own way of doing things.

After the Greek dark ages, villages started to band together to create city-states, in part for protection and in part for more organized trade. Collectively, the city-states of ancient Greece qualified as a civilization. The city-states had many things in common. The people all spoke the same language; believed in the same gods and worshiped in the same way. They thought of themselves as Greeks. But they were loyal to their city-state.

If you asked someone in ancient Greece where they were from, they would not say they were from Greece, because Greece at that time was not a country. There was no Greece. There was however Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Tiryns and hundreds of other Greek city-states, each with its own personality and its own way of doing things.

The Greek city-states banded together to fight outsiders. They also fought each other.

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