Kalami (Chalakatevakis-Ventouris property). K. Tzanakaki (ΚΕ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations (Fig. 1) conducted in 2007-2008 which uncovered much of an Early Hellenistic structure (Figs 2-3) overlying Late Classical remains. The initial Hellenistic structure (of which three rooms are noted) was constructed on at least three levels to fit the lie of the land. In the later second century BC extensive renovation, perhaps following an earthquake, divided rooms into smaller units with the...

Property of Sm. Chalakatevakis-Ventouris, Kalami. Katerina Tzanakaki (ΚΕ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports that in Kalami, at the municipality of Souda, the remains of a potential farmstead, which comprises part of Ancient Aptera, were discovered during a salvage excavation. The investigation took place between March 2007 and August 2008. Part of a building dating to mid-3rd c B.C., which underwent extensive repairing during the next century (second half of 2nd c B.C.) probably after a natural disaster,...

Site of Kalami, Municipality of Souda. Katerina Tzanakaki (ΚΕ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports that in Kalami area north of the old and new National Road of Chania-Rethymno, the remains of a probable farmhouse belonging to the domain of Ancient Aptera were discovered at the property of S. Chalakatevaki-Ventouri  during a salvage excavation. During the research that took place between 2007 and 2008, parts of an ancient building dating to the 3rd c. B.C. that had been extensively repaired during the...