À Terpni, Laurianne Sève (EFA) et Dimitra Malamidou (Éphorie des antiquités de Serres) ont mené une deuxième campagne de fouilles sur le site de Paliokastro. Les trois secteurs de fouille implantés en 2022 ont été étendus ou approfondis. Ces fouilles ont pour objectif de préciser la chronologie du site, qui n’avait précédemment fait l’objet que d’une campagne de fouille en 1993. Une grande basilique à cinq nefs du VIe siècle avait été mise au jour lors de ces...

À Glas, Elena Kountouri (Société archéologique d'Athènes) a poursuivi en 2023 la fouille des structures visibles sur l’acropole fortifiée. La continuation de la fouille du complexe architectural Na a livré des objets, des fragments de briques crues, des éléments de la toiture, un pithos brisé, des lambeaux de stucs polychromes, des tessons de vases et une partie d’une baignoire en argile in situ. Dans la deuxième pièce du complexe Nb, qui se trouve à côté du précédent, la...

À Samothrace, une équipe dirigée par Bonna D. Wescoat (ASCSA) en collaboration avec l’Éphorie des antiquités de l’Evros a mené en 2023 sa quatrième mission de terrain au sanctuaire des Grands Dieux : la campagne a comporté de la fouille, de la prospection, de l’étude architecturale, et de la restauration. Les secteurs principaux explorés ont été le sanctuaire des Grands Dieux, une section du rempart antique en face du sanctuaire, et enfin le territoire localisé...

Ancient Corinth. Christopher Pfaff (ASCSA) reports on excavations conducted in 2022, where the current field campaign began in 2018. Excavation in the field north-east of the ancient theatre area Excavation revealed portions of the north-south Byzantine (12th century) road, first recognised further north in 2018, as well as sections of walls of contemporary structures to its east. Below the Byzantine road layers, a deep robbing trench was revealed extending down into a partially plundered...

Mt Lykaion. Anna Karapanagiotou (National Archaeological Museum),  David Gilman Romano and Mary E. Voyatzis (ASCSA / Arizona), and Dr Konstantinos Kissas (Ephorate of Antiquities of Arkadia), report on the fifth of its five-year series of excavation seasons for the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, from June 12 to Aust 1, 2022. The team workd at the southern peak of the mountain excavating the altar of Zeus and in the lower sanctuary, on the excavation of several buildings...

Palace of Nestor - Sharon R. Stocker and Jack L. Davis (University of Cincinnati / ASCSA) report on excavations of three parts of the site.  Grave of the Griffin Warrior (Fig. 1) The goal was to excavate outside the southwestern wall in order to locate the line of the foundation trench into which the southwestern wall had been set. The attempt was successful, and the results justified our interpretation of the history of the grave as published in the most recent issue of Hesperia...

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...

Kastelli Hill (Katre Street), Chania. Dr Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki, under the auspices of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania reports on the excavation in the Kastelli Hill in the old town of Chania, and specifically in the area of the Katre Street, during the months October and November 2022. New findings further support the hypothesis that this was a palace of Chania and Kydonia of the Minoan Period. Two more bases of wooden columns were unearthed (Figure 1), parts of the double...

Kleidi Samikou - Sanctuary of Poseidon. Erofili Kollia (Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia) and Birgitta Eder (Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut) report on the excavations at Kleidi Samikou, carried out from 22 August to 30 September, as part of a new research project at the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kleidi Samikou (2022-2026). Excavations follow geophysics work carried out in 2017, 2018 and 2021, the upper part of the walls as well as a number of ceramics were found...

Oliver Hülden (ÖAI/ ÖAW) and Georgia Z. Alexopoulou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) report on the fieldwork carried out in Leontion in Achaia. This work is part of a 5 year’s collaboration which aims to further our understanding of the history and archeology of the polis of Leontion in Achaia. The first years of fieldwork were characterized by survey and prospection activities which, among other things, resulted in a first detailed plan of the settlement on Kastritsi...

À Paphos, Claire Balandier (Université d’Avignon) a dirigé en 2022 une mission de terrain en collaboration avec Demetrios Michaelides (Université de Chypre) et Eustathios Raptou (Département des Antiquités de Chypre), et en partenariat avec Jolanta Młynarczyk (Université de Varsovie) dont l’objectif était l’exploration de la ville antique de Paphos antique, de son rempart, de la colline de Fabrika et de son approvisionnement en eau (fig. 1). Le mur Est-Ouest et la pièce 13...

À Andros, Lydia Palaiokrassa et Giorgos Pallis (Université d’Athènes) ont poursuivi en 2022 la fouille de l’agora de la ville antique de Palaiopolis. Ils ont procédé à un nettoyage de l’agora et au déblaiement des terrasses inférieures où des sédiments étaient tombés de la terrasse plus haute et se sont concentrés sur le sondage Δ8, sur la terrasse inférieure. De plus, une restauration a été faite sur la protection de l’abside carrée de la basilique du mur Nord...

Aigai. Angelika Kottaridi (Ephorate of Antiquities of Imathia) reports on new discoveries made during the study and maintenance of the large building complex located near the NW gate of the ancient city.

The complex consists of square and rectangular rooms, arranged around a large courtyard. The S part of the E and W wings have so far been revealed. To the E there is a temple-like area with two Doric columns overlooking the courtyard. This building was constructed by the end of the...

En octobre 2021, la mission française de Kition, dirigée par Sabine Fourrier (CNRS/HiSoMA-MOM), a conduit une campagne de terrain sur le site de Bamboula. La fouille avait trois objectifs : 1) Dans le secteur du bassin portuaire, on a pu achever l’exploration des installations militaires d’époque classique, jusqu’alors empêchée par la présence de courts de tennis. Le déménagement de ces derniers en un autre lieu de Larnaca, obtenu grâce aux efforts du département des...

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...

Sur l’acropole mycénienne de Glas, Eleni Kountouri (Société Archéologique d’Athènes) a mené en 2021 une nouvelle campagne de fouilles sur le bâtiment Na, le premier des six bâtiments de plan similaire et parallèles entre eux disposés en groupe de trois (fig. 1 et 2). Le remblai qui a été dégagé correspondait principalement à l’effondrement des murs de brique crue des bâtiments. On y a recueilli des tessons de vases et des vases entiers, des stucs, des feuilles de plomb,...

Petros Themelis (ASA) reports on continued field research. In the so-called Prayer House (Efktirios oikos), the mosaic pavement was placed in its original position after restoration.

In the Sanctuary of Isis, the North aisle of the underground portico was excavated. Fragments of the marble facing of the theatre and probably stone slabs were found, as well as a part of a 5th century relief, featuring a seated Dioskouros.

At the hierothysio, the colonnade around the central...

Angelos Chaniotis and Antonios Kotsonas (Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies/ASA) report on a new excavation programme, near the village of Lyktos (Irakleio). Research was conducted in three areas of the ancient city: at the top of the acropolis and on its north slope. Sector A, at the site Vorina, north of the acropolis, revealed an important layer of pottery dated 6th-4th cent. BC, comprising a number of late 6th-5th cent.  attic sherds, as well as Laconian and Corinthian. Local...

Ancient Helike.  Systematic excavations of the Geometric and Archaic phases in the Sanctuary of Helikonian Poseidon at Nikoleïka Aigialeias 7.5km east of the modern city of Aigio recovered significant finds representing different chronological phases of the cult centre of the ancient Achaian city of Helike destroyed by earthquake in 375 BC (Fig. 1).  Specifically excavated at the site were: an apsidal Geometric temple of 710-700 BC, a mudbrick altar of 760-750 BC, which formed the...

In October 2020, systematic archaeological research in Chiliomodi, Corinth, was completed under the direction of Dr. Elena Korka. Excavations had continued in the area of a bath complex located in 2019. To the west, areas for the supply of bath water were discovered. In the south, the excavation of the ‘changing rooms’ was completed, with a total area of ​​62 sq.m. The whole space was covered by clay floor slabs. The changing rooms to the east connect with two new rooms that are...

Ambelakia Bay, Salamis. Angeliki G. Simosi (Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea) and Yannis Lolos (University of Ioannina) report on results from a new three-year programme (2020-2022) of underwater research on the east coast of Salamis. Conducted by the Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology (I.EN.A.E.) and the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities. Survey was carried out in September and October 2020. Owing to difficulties with the pandemic, a small team were deployed and concentrated on the...

Marathon, Brexiza. I. Dekoulakou (ASA) reports on continued excavations at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods, particularly in Rooms 24 and 25.

The floor had a fine layer of sand on which fragments of paving slabs were found, pieces of red and off-white plaster, Laconian rooftiles, coarse pottery and kitchenwares, all of which give an indication for the use of these rooms.

Another upper part of a Corinthian capital found in 2018 was located. Spread throughout the floor,...

Ancient Sikyon. I. Lolos (ASA) reports on the beginning of a systematic study of the gymnasium, which was first investigated by Anastasia’s Orlandos in 1952. The new study enhances our understanding of its form.

The gymnasium is constructed on two levels, an upper terrace and a lower terrace. For the most part, the upper terrace is to the W and the lower part is to the E. Between them is a stairway in the shape of a Γ, constructed in the middle of the NS axis and located between...

À Amarynthos, K. Reber, D. Knoepfler, A. Karapaschalidou, T. Krapf et T. Theurillat (ESAG) ont poursuivi en 2020 la fouille du sanctuaire d’Artémis au pied de la colline de Paliokklisies (fig. 1). Les travaux se sont concentrés sur plusieurs points : On a continué et achevé le dégagement du bâtiment 3, érigé vers la fin du VIIe s. devant le portique oriental. Il s’agit d’un édifice d’une longueur de 38 m muni de portes à chaque petit côté pour permettre l’accès...

Athens, Ancient Agora. John Camp (ASCSA) reports on excavations carried out at the Athenian Agora between June 10th to August 2nd, 2019. There were four areas of excavation, as follows.

Section NN (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2)

(Laura Gawlinski, assisted by Vassia Dimitrakopoulou)

This section lies to the extreme southwest corner of the archaeological site and is part of the ‘industrial area’, originally explored by Rodney Young in the late 1940’s as part of an...

Messene.  P. Themelis (ASA) reports on continued excavations, conservation and restoration at the site.  W of the theatre in the so-called Prayer House (Efktirios oikos), a Paliochristian building, the mosaic with the inscription ΘΕΟΔΟΥΛΟΣ ΕΠΙΚΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ was detached (Fig. 1).  Excavation revealed that the hall had been remodelled to the E and N at the beginning of the 4th century AD and the floors of the new halls decorated with mosaics (Fig. 2). A...

Thouria. X. Arapogianni (ASA) reports on a further season of excavation of the ancient theatre of Thouria (Figs 1-3), during which the stage-building (skenotheke) was completely exposed, its interior dimensions 21.40m x 7.70m (Fig. 2). On the floor of the stage-building, after the abandonment of the theatre, a two-storey building was built - largely from stone from the stage-building – comprising four inter-communicating spaces (Fig. 4).  A stone staircase (6 steps preserved) led to the...

Molykreio. N. Kaltsas and A. Moustaka (ASA) report on further excavation of the Sanctuary of Poseidon and Athena, where they investigated the area around the great altar (Fig. 1) with a view to identifying all its constituent parts in advance of future restoration.  A deposit of ash, bone and sherds was found, which produced vessel fragments of the Archaic period, probably of the 7th century BC, which demonstrates that the beginning of ritual activity here goes back at least that...

Koumasa.  D. Panagiotopoulos (ASA) reports on continued excavation in the settlement (Figs 1-2).  A triangular building was investigated in Trench 4 (Fig. 3), where a number of sherds from handleless conical cups were found, as well as two cylindrical vessels, a clay spindle whorl, tiles, plaster, animal bone and shell.  In one area of the space was found a tripod cooking pot which contained smaller vessels and two stone grinders (Fig. 4). In Trench 8, in the region of the...

À Kition-Bamboula, S. Fourrier (CNRS, Laboratoire HiSoMA) a effectué une troisième campagne de terrain qui visait à achever la fouille du puits romain, découvert en 2017 dans le secteur Ouest (sondage 11), et à explorer jusqu’au substrat la séquence stratigraphique en place dans le secteur Est (sondage 10), où l’on avait atteint des niveaux du Bronze Récent. Sondage 11 : le puits romain (locus 883) On a d’abord élargi le sondage (vers le Nord et l’Ouest), afin de dégager...

Messene. P. Themelis (ASA) reports on continued excavations of the S part of the Sanctuary of Isis. Several doorways had been blocked in Antiquity (Fig. 1). Among the limited finds in the fill of the halls were glass-paste tesserae and fired bricks, which were used in the construction of baths. The halls were dated to the mid-2nd century BC. Restoration of funerary monument K3 in front of the stadium was completed: a 3-storey structure, total H 9.25m, dating to the beginning of the 3rd...

Thermos. I. Papapostolou (ASA) reports on continued excavation behind the E stoa where remains of the retaining walls of the platform were rediscovered. Remains of a fountain discovered during the old excavations outside the wall were also cleaned. More significant was the investigation in the S part of the Sanctuary of Apollo, where remains were found of the 180-m long south stoa, which ran from the SW gate and almost reached the E stoa (Fig. 2). Visible from the old excavations were the...

Marathon, Brexiza. I. Dekoulakou (ASA) reports on continued excavation in building B (Fig. 1). Laconian roof tiles, 3rd-4th c. AD pottery sherds, seashells, the base of an ionic column (Fig. 2) and part of a Corinthian column capital (Fig. 3) were found and dated to Imperial times. A structure built against the wall, which appears to have been a table, was found in the south part of the building. Fragments from 3rd c. AD amphorae, cook pots, plates, skyphoi and lamps were found in the same...

Thouria, Ellenika. X. Arapogianni (ASA) reports on a second season of excavation of the ancient theatre of Thouria (Fig. 1). Revealed this season were: the circumference of the orchestra, 16.30m dia. (Fig. 2), the rainwater drain which encircled the orchestra, seats of the first row and the lower cavea, onto which had slipped from the upper parts of the theatre architectural elements and seats (Fig. 3). A number of seats remained in situ, attesting to the monument’s generally good...

Messene. P. Themelis (ASA) reports on continued excavations at the site of ancient Messene (Fig. 1). Investigation of the interior of the underground pi-shaped vaulted stoa and the S part of the Sanctuary of Isis revealed 8 underground halls of over 6m height and varying width in 2 parallel rows with a total extent of over 50m. Their ceilings had collapsed and were covered with earth and decaying undergrowth. One hall was fully excavated (Fig. 2): length 5.50m, width 5.60m, depth 6.50m; a...

Ancient Sikyon. I. Lolos (ASA) reports on continued excavations SE and NW of the agora (Fig. 1). In the first region, to the SE (Fig. 2), there came to light commercial establishments of the end of the 4th c. AD, as demonstrated by 55 coins found in the so-called ‘north room’, abundant ceramics, fragments of glass vessel and metal objects. Conservation restored 11 amphorae, a pithos, 3 African Red Slip plates, cookpots, amphora lids, jugs and small amphorae. The spaces on either side of...

Thermos. I. Papapostolou (ASA) reports on continued excavation in 2016 and 2017 of the 2 monumental staircases behind the E stoa of the Sanctuary of Apollo. The staircases were approached through 2 monumental gateways opening from the back wall of the stoa. The N gateway (width 4.40m) had 2 poros piers, of which the lower part was preserved, while the much wider (7.00m) S gateway also had poros piers, but its lintel was also supported by 2 pillars because of its width. The space between the...

Molykreio. N. Kaltsas and A. Moustaka (ASA) report on further excavation of the Sanctuary of Poseidon and Athena (Fig. 1). Excavation of the stoa was completed to its foundations and it was confirmed that the E wing, with its 11 surviving bases, was the first to be constructed. There followed construction of the W aisle, its façade bearing 11 wooden columns standing on rectangular stone bases, some of which had a depression to house the column (Fig. 2). The size of the great altar was...

À Kardamaina, au Sud-Ouest de l’île de Kos, G. Kokkorou-Alevra, S. Kalopissi-Verti et M. Panagiotidi-Kesisoglou (Université d’Athènes) ont poursuivi en 2017 la fouille programmée du sanctuaire d’Apollon Pythien et de l’habitat protobyzantin. Les travaux ont porté sur le secteur des bâtiments E et Z, afin de les dégager dans leur ensemble et de comprendre leur fonction (fig. 1). En ce qui concerne le bâtiment E, qui s’identifierait à un péribole monumental, la fouille...

Athens, Ancient Agora. John Camp (ASCSA) reports on continued excavation. In Section Beta Zeta they continued to explore the remains of the middle Byzantine settlement (11-12th AD) which was built over the Poikile Stoa after several centuries of the abandonment of the area. In Room 3, at the extreme northern end of the trench, they found large masses of debris, mostly broken tiles and bricks, but also an unusually large number of bronze coins. In Beta Theta East they excavated the abandonment...

Sisi, Kephali tou Agiou Antoniou. Jan Driessen (Université Catholique de Louvain/Belgian School) reports on the seventh campaign of excavations on the Kephali or Buffo at Sissi on the north coast of Crete. Work in 2016 concentrated on the EM and MM cemetery, the Neopalataial monumental building with central court and within the Postpalatial courtyard of Building CD. A georadar survey by A. Sarris (IMS, Rethymnon) focused on the summit of the hill as well as the terrace north of Building CD....

Sur l’île d’Andros, L. Palaiokrassa-Kopitsa et G. Pallis (Université d’Athènes) ont poursuivi en 2016 la fouille systématique de l’agora de la ville antique en deux secteurs : sur la terrasse supérieure, au Sud-Ouest du bâtiment D, et sur la terrasse inférieure, au Nord de la basilique protobyzantine.

Sur la terrasse supérieure (fig. 1), les travaux se sont concentrés sur trois points :

Thouria, Ellenika. X. Arapogianni (ASA) reports on excavation of the theatre of ancient Thouria (Fig. 1). The theatre faces W, over the Messenian valley. The N supporting wall of the cavea, which also formed a side of the parodos was uncovered, with buttresses to hold back the earth behind it; it is visible for 12m in length and 3.70m in height. The purpose of parts of other strong walls revealed in contact with the supporting wall will become clear when fully uncovered. Clear evidence that...

Molykreio. N. Kaltsas and A. Moustaka (ASA) report on continued exploration of the site mentioned in Thucydides (II.86) and Pausanias (IX.31.6) and investigated by W.M. Leake, W.J. Woodhouse and K Romaios before A. Orlandos’ excavations in 1925 and by the current excavators under the auspices of the National Museum and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2006-2015). In 2016 excavation focused on the double stoa, indicating that it was built in 2 periods. The earlier phase was the...

À Thèbes, V. Aravantinos (Éphorie des antiquités de Béotie et Société archéologique) a poursuivi en 2016 la fouille de la partie centrale du palais mycénien (fig. 1). On a dégagé de nouvelles pièces, qui semblent appartenir à l’aile orientale du palais. Les nouveaux sondages ouverts en 2016 ont fait connaître d’autres vestiges de la basilique protobyzantine, dont le sol en mosaïque de la fontaine représentant des êtres marins avait été mis au jour en 2013. De la...

Piraeus, City Theatre, Agiou Konstantinou Square. Stella Chryssoulaki (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) and colleagues report the discover, during the extension of the Chaidari-Piraeus metro line, of an extensive network of cisterns, wells, shafts and adjoining tunnels in Agiou Konstantinou square (figs 1, 2). This system supplied the needs of local domestic complexes, and parts of it date from at least three different periods - as demand for water increased, additional shafts and tunnels were created to...

Zominthos. E. Sapouna Sakellaraki (ASA) reports on continuing excavation in the Central Building. The large ceramic kiln N of workshop space 13 (Fig. 1), used for firing large vessels, was completely revealed: the central pillar was preserved, while the firing chamber was only partially preserved. Space 57a functioned as a supporting area for the workshop. Space 57 was excavated to floor level: it is a significant room, its floor paved with limestone slabs, and its N, E and W walls...