The temples of Selinunte were my favorite of the trip because of how much access we had to the space. Unlike some of the other ancient sites we saw, Temple E, F, and G were open to the public; we could walk inside the still preserved shape of Temple E and climb over the remains of Temple G. The idea of restoration and access continually popped up throughout our exploration of these ancient sites—does preservation mean adding things to a site to make it like what it once was or leaving it be, thereby vulnerable to the effects of time? These conflicts tie in too with the idea of ownership—who should be making these decisions? As I climbed up the rocky remains of Temple G and saw two temples in the distance, farmland, the water, it was easily to imagine feeling that this space was my own, an illusion of possession that so many people have felt about Sicily over the years.