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:

POTS

SCROLLS

COINSCLAY TABLETS

INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENTS AND

BUILDINGS

What type of sources are these??

POTS

Greeks decorated pots with pictures of everyday life

POTS

POTS

SCROLLS They were made out of a plant called

papyrus

They wrote about history, politics,

philosophy, as well as poems and plays

COINS

CLAY TABLETS

INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENTS AND

BUILDINGS