Athens - Ancient Agora. John Papadopoulos (UCLA) and Debby Sneed (California State University) report on the third excavation season in the area beneath the former building at 14 St. Philip Street (Agiou Philippou 14) (Fig. 1). The modern building above Section BK, built in 1860 and measuring more than 300 square meters, covered much of the central portion of the Stoa Poikile (or Painted Stoa), as well as part of a Middle Byzantine (10th to 12th centuries CE) neighborhood that once...

Mount Lykaion - Derbouni. David Gilman Romano (University of Arizona) and Mary E. Voyatzis (University of Arizona) report on the first of its three-year series of excavation season on the Mt Lykaion. This project is a collaboration with the Ephorate Antiquities of Arcadia and Konstantinos Kissas, and under the auspices of the ASCSA. Work was divided between the lower sanctuary and the southern peak of the mountain. Work conducted in Trench EEW, directly to the...

Corinth - Isthmia. Jon M. Frey (Mischigan State University) reports on fieldwork conducted at Isthmia in 2025, under the auspices of the ASCSA. The 2025 geophysical survey was limited to three areas. In the western “Sacred Grove” area, possible wall traces were detected, although modern irrigation lines obscured the results. East of the Temple of Poseidon, GPR identified numerous anomalies suggesting further structures, while a clear east–west strip along the temple’s central axis...

Ancient Corinth. In 2025, excavations were carried out at Corinth in two adjacent fields northeast of the ancient theater. The 2025 excavations explored four areas in two adjacent fields northeast of the ancient theater, clarifying the development and later reuse of a substantial Roman/Late Roman bathing complex and its surroundings. (Fig. 1) Christopher Pfaff (ASCSA) reports: Excavation exposed the southwest corner of the large, bench-lined room (Marble Room), probably...

À Dikili Tash, Pascal Darcque (CNRS, UMR 7041), Haïdo Koukouli-Chryssanthaki (Éphore émérite, Kavala), Dimitra Malamidou (Éphorie des Antiquités de Serrès) et Zoï Tsirtsoni (CNRS, UMR 7041) ont mené en 2025 une nouvelle campagne de fouille dans le secteur 9, sur le versant Nord du tell. La fouille s’est développée dans la partie Sud du secteur, sur une surface de 66 m2. Dans la moitié Ouest, sous la couche de sédiment gris-verdâtre avec inclusions charbonneuses où s’était...

Le site de Sicyone (Vasiliko) fait l’objet, depuis 2004, d’une exploration de surface systématique par une équipe pluridisciplinaire du département d’histoire, d’archéologie et d’anthropologie sociale de l’université de Thessalie, sous la direction de Y. Lôlos, en collaboration avec l’université de York, l’institut d’études méditerranéennes de Crète et l’éphorie des antiquités préhistoriques et classiques de Volos, avec la participation d’étudiants de...

Athens - Ancient Agora.. John Papadopoulos (UCLA) and Debby Sneed (California State University) report on the second excavation season in the area beneath the former building at 14 St. Philip Street (Agiou Philippou 14). The entire area beneath the building, which covers the central portion of the Stoa Poikile, was labelled section Beta Kappa (BK) and as in 2023, the area was divided into three trenches labeled BK North, BK South, and BK West (Fig. 1). The...

Athenian Agora. John Papadopoulos (UCLA) and Debby Sneed (California State University) report that work was undertaken between June and August 2023. This season marked the first excavation of the area beneath the former building at 14 Agiou Philippou Street, which covered much of the central portion of the Stoa Poikile (or Painted Stoa), as well as part of the Middle Byzantine neighborhood in this area. (Fig. 1). The area beneath this building (labelled...

Antikythera. A. Simosi (Emerita Director, Ministry of Culture) and L. Bäumer (ESAG / University of Geneva) report on the final year marked the fifth and final phase of the underwater excavation at the Antikythera Wreck (2021-2025). Wooden remains of the ship's hull discovered in 2024 were carefully recovered. These include three plank sections from the ship's planking and a fitted inlaid element (a strut) (Fig. 1). This find is considered extremely important, as it is the first...

Rescue excavations in Athens have produced exciting and significant finds during 2024–25. On Vasilissis Olgas Avenue, a large Roman-era complex was uncovered near the statue of Lord Byron, a part of the city expanded eastward under the emperor Hadrian (Fig. 1). The site includes more than 60 rooms organized around a peristyle courtyard, in a building approximately 68 m long and 11 m wide. Excavations revealed three construction phases: an initial 2nd-century AD phase built with...

Dans la ville antique de Miéza, Aggeliki Kottaridi (Éphorie des antiquités d’Émathie) a dirigé un programme de recherches sur le gymnase royal, au cours duquel elle a mené des fouilles, des nettoyages et documentation des objets, et l’étude comparative avec les objets des campagnes précédentes de fouilles, ainsi que des travaux préparatoires à l’étude de conservation et de restitution du complexe monumental et de l’anastylose de la partie occidentale du xyste, du portique...

Rafina - east Attica. Rescue excavations conducted by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Eastern Attica have revealed an important burial in a pithos, dating to the Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BC) (Fig. 1). The pithos, measuring 1.74 m in height, with horizontal handles and characteristic corded-pattern relief decoration around the neck and handles, was placed in a pit dug into the soil of the stream's southern bank. Its mouth was sealed by a sturdy semicircular wall built...