How do we know about the Ancient Greeks?

HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE GREEKS?

Although the Ancient Greeks

lived about 3.000 years

ago, we know a lot about them

Archaeologists have dug up many ancient

Greek objects and buildings

They have found:

SCROLLS

COINSCLAY TABLETS

INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENTS AND

BUILDINGS

What type of sources are these??

Greeks decorated pots with pictures of everyday life

SCROLLS They were made out of a plant called

papyrus

They wrote about history, politics,

philosophy, as well as poems and plays

CLAY TABLETS

INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENTS AND

BUILDINGS

Food