Projet "Chronika" : Dans le cadre de stages de formation, le projet Chronika a été enrichi de neuf nouveaux numéros de BCH. Les notices des BCH 97 à 105 sont en ligne depuis avril 2026.
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*Projet "Cadastre Archéologique" - prochainement...
Outil indispensable pour les chercheurs de toutes disciplines qui souhaitent s'informer des dernières découvertes archéologiques en Grèce et à Chypre, la Chronique des fouilles en ligne/Archaeology in Greece Online est une base de données richement illustrée, disposant d'un outil cartographique pour localiser les opérations de terrain.
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...
À Melitaia, la fouille de l’acropole dans la partie Sud du site s’est poursuivie en 2025 sous la direction de Petra Pakkanen (Finnish Institute at Athens) et de Konstantina Psarogianni (Éphorie des antiquités de Phthiotide et d’Eurytanie). On a continué l’exploration des sondages A et C (fig. 1). Des échantillons de sédiments ont été prélevés pour analyses archéobotaniques et microfaunales. Le sondage A a été étendu vers le Sud-Est afin d’explorer les murs...
À Syros, une équipe danoise et grecque a mené en 2021 et 2022 une prospection pour localiser les sources et carrières de jadéite dans le cadre du Jade Odyssey Project. Plusieurs zones de recherche ont été définies dans la partie Nord de l’île de Syros, dans les vallées de Kampos et de Gritzas, où des affleurements de jadéite ont été repérés ainsi que des objets et des éclats témoignant de sites de débitage. Sur l'un des sites identifiés, le site 1 de la Vallée de Kampos,...
Jutta Stroszeck (DAI) reports on the continued excavations at the Kerameikos southwest of the Sacred Way, to better understand the architectural context of the rooms uncovered previously, and their relationship to the well B37 (see ID20706). (Fig. 1) South of the Room 1, a large circular limestone screed floor was uncovered (Room 3, floor diameter 6.50 m), bordered at the edge by a strip made of small, polished, colorful pebbles (Fig. 2). In the center of the floor, which is also...
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...
Athenian Agora. John McK. Camp II (ASCSA) reports on work conducted in 2022 on the south and north of the Stoa Poikile and within the western third of the building (Fig. 1). The initial plan of excavating under the modern house at 14 St. Philip Street was curtailed by delayed demolition. This report is being written in the final week of the excavation, when many objects band remains tend to come to light, so not everything can be included in time to print and distribute...
Athenian Agora. John McK. Camp II (ASCSA) reports on work conducted in 2021 on the sections north of modern Adrianou Street, the Painted Stoa, and the orthostate enclosure tentatively identified as the Leokoreion. Classical Commercial Building Further detailed digging was carried out under the Classical Commercial Building in the northwest part of the area (Section BZ) (Fig. 1). The primary goal was to explore further the later archaic remains, perhaps of houses or shops, which underlie...
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...