- Elliniko
Elliniko, Argyroupoli Metro station. K. Kaza-Papageorgiou (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on continuing excavations in the area.
North Sector: Wall remains, a shallow pit, part of a retaining wall and a road were revealed. The shallow pit which had been used as a deposit contained 3rd c. B.C. pottery sherds. Finally, a rock-cut well was excavated, which contained 5th-4th c. B.C. pottery...
Elliniko, Argyroupoli Metro Station. Konstantina Kaza-Papageorgiou (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of Late Roman house remains and a burial enclosure with pyres (fig....
Elliniko. End of the airport road, area of the TRAM depot. K. Kaza-Papageorgiou (ΚΣτ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation in 2003 and 2004. North of Chasani hill and east of the former West Airport, inside a large building of the 1960s, lay part of an extensive cemetery with 130 tombs. On its north side was an east-west road, while part of another ancient road was found at its west edge. The cemetery was in use from the end of the eighth to the fourth century BC, while the largest number of...
Area of the former West Airport. K. Kaza-Papageorgiou (ΚΣτ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery, in a level area 100m south of the Trachonon stream and 200m east of Poseidonos Avenue, of part of a conglomerate quarry during construction works for the Olympics. The quarry contained 1.4x1.7m blocks which had been removed, and others which had yet to be detached from their beds. The fill contained stones of various sizes and many sherds of large vessels (amphorae, lekanes, beehives, and a few...