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Reminder: Annual open meeting this Friday, March 24, 19:00 at the Cotsen Hall at Athens.

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03/20/2023
Reminder: Annual open meeting this Friday, March 24, 19:00 at the Cotsen Hall at Athens. For further information and the online transmission see https://www.esag.swiss/open-meeting-2023/

Visiting Eretria and Amarynthos last Wednesday with a group of the Academic Program of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Photo by the ASCSA. ... See MoreSee Less

03/19/2023
Visiting Eretria and Amarynthos last Wednesday with a group of the Academic Program of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Photo by the ASCSA.

Congratulations to Laureline Pop for her PhD defense at the University of Lausanne: «Les statues portraits de Délos et d’Athènes aux époque hellénistique et impériale : Étude archéologique et épigraphique d’un phénomène social».
In the last years she became an important member of our projects: She assisted the field-directors in the gymnasium of Eretria in 2017, participated as trench supervisor in the Greek-Swiss excavation at Amarynthos and wrote several articles on Eretrian sculpture. ... See MoreSee Less

03/16/2023
Congratulations to Laureline Pop for her PhD defense at the University of Lausanne: «Les statues portraits de Délos et d’Athènes aux époque hellénistique et impériale : Étude archéologique et épigraphique d’un phénomène social». In the last years she became an important member of our projects: She assisted the field-directors in the gymnasium of Eretria in 2017, participated as trench supervisor in the Greek-Swiss excavation at Amarynthos and wrote several articles on Eretrian sculpture.

CT and X-ray analysis of objects from the Artemision: Yesterday, the ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea analysed a series of objects from the Archaic temple of Amarynthos with computed tomography (CT) and X-ray at the General Hospital of Chalcis. This allowed to visualize many details of these fragile objects before their careful excavation at the museum (they have been moved as bloc together with the surrounding soil). On the photo, several bronze vessels can be clearly seen.

Many thanks to the General Hospital of Chalcis and its staff:

Βαγγέλης Χατζημαργαρίτης (Διοικητής Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Χαλκίδας),
Παναγιώτα Βλάχου (Ακτινοδιαγνώστρια, Δ/ντρια Ακτινοδιαγνωστικού),
Μαρία Παπακωνσταντίνου (Ακτινοδιαγνώστρια),
Ηλίας Φιλίππου (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος, ΠροΪστάμενος Παραϊατρικού Προσωπικού),
Γιώργος Κόττης (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Αξονικού Τομογράφου),
Σωτήρης Κάσσος (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Αξονικού Τομογράφου),
Σοφία Νικολάου (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Ακτινολογικού),
Κώστας Κούλελης (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Ακτινολογικού) ... See MoreSee Less

03/09/2023
CT and X-ray analysis of objects from the Artemision: Yesterday, the ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea analysed a series of objects from the Archaic temple of Amarynthos with computed tomography (CT) and X-ray at the General Hospital of Chalcis. This allowed to visualize many details of these fragile objects before their careful excavation at the museum (they have been moved as bloc together with the surrounding soil). On the photo, several bronze vessels can be clearly seen. Many thanks to the General Hospital of Chalcis and its staff: Βαγγέλης Χατζημαργαρίτης (Διοικητής Γενικού Νοσοκομείου Χαλκίδας), Παναγιώτα Βλάχου (Ακτινοδιαγνώστρια, Δ/ντρια Ακτινοδιαγνωστικού), Μαρία Παπακωνσταντίνου (Ακτινοδιαγνώστρια), Ηλίας Φιλίππου (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος, ΠροΪστάμενος Παραϊατρικού Προσωπικού), Γιώργος Κόττης (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Αξονικού Τομογράφου), Σωτήρης Κάσσος (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Αξονικού Τομογράφου), Σοφία Νικολάου (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Ακτινολογικού), Κώστας Κούλελης (Τεχνολόγος-Ακτινολόγος Ακτινολογικού)

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 8/20: Christina Lolos, master student at the University of Zurich. She participated in 2017 in the excavation of the ancient gymnasium of Eretria and since 2019 at Amarynthos. In 2021 she was responsible for one of the sectors in the temple, in 2022 she excavated prehistoric structures on the slope of Paleoekklisies hill. She is furthermore a specialist for public outreach programmes in archaeology.

Video by Sébastien Reichenbach (noxediem.ch) for our public outreach programme , supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. ... See MoreSee Less

03/02/2023

Artemis Amarysia at the carnival of Amarynthos!!! Congratulations to all those who organised the amazing event and the wonderful chariots!

Το Καρναβαλι της Αμαρυνθου
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02/27/2023
Artemis Amarysia at the carnival of Amarynthos!!! Congratulations to all those who organised the amazing event and the wonderful chariots! Το Καρναβαλι της Αμαρυνθου Δήμος Ερέτριας

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 7/20: Nadja Lüthi, master student at the university of Basel. She participates since 2018 in the project, both excavating on the site and managing the finds in the museum. The last two years, she was excavating in the sector of the Archaic temple, where she was responsible for one of the trenches in 2022. She furthermore spent several weeks at Eretria studying the textile tools, and especially the clay and lead loom weights, from the sanctuary of Artemis for her master thesis. They are a very important category of offerings to the goddess.

Video by Sébastien Reichenbach (noxediem.ch) for our public outreach programme , supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. ... See MoreSee Less

02/20/2023

A few impressions from the ArCHeoM meeting at the Swiss Institute at Rome, where several members of the ESAG presented their projects on Eretria, Amarynthos and Aegina. ... See MoreSee Less

02/18/2023
A few impressions from the ArCHeoM meeting at the Swiss Institute at Rome, where several members of the ESAG presented their projects on Eretria, Amarynthos and Aegina.

ArCHeoM 2023 at the Istituto Svizzero at Rome (16.-17.2.): Tamara Saggini, Tobias Krapf and Guy Ackermann will present their projects related to the work of the ESAG.

https://istitutosvizzero.it/conferenza/…

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02/15/2023
ArCHeoM 2023 at the Istituto Svizzero at Rome (16.-17.2.): Tamara Saggini, Tobias Krapf and Guy Ackermann will present their projects related to the work of the ESAG. https://www.istitutosvizzero.it/conferenza/archeom-2023/ #swissarchaeology

SAVE THE DATE
ESAG annual open meeting
March 24, 2023 7:00 PM
Cotsen Hall, Anapiron Polemou 9, Athens

The event will be broadcast online
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02/14/2023
SAVE THE DATE ESAG annual open meeting March 24, 2023 7:00 PM Cotsen Hall, Anapiron Polemou 9, Athens The event will be broadcast online https://www.esag.swiss/open-meeting-2023/

Conférence publique
"Les domaines d’Artémis: exploration d’un paysage religieux à Amarynthos", par Sylvian Fachard, Samuel Verdan et Thierry Theurillat (Unil, ESAG). Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne, Lausanne (Aula - 3e étage).
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02/13/2023
Conférence publique Les domaines d’Artémis: exploration d’un paysage religieux à Amarynthos, par Sylvian Fachard, Samuel Verdan et Thierry Theurillat (Unil, ESAG). Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne, Lausanne (Aula - 3e étage). https://mcah.ch/fr/accueil/agenda/

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 6/20: Dr. Tamara Saggini, post-doc researcher (Swiss National Science Foundation) at the University of Lausanne / ESAG. She joined, after a first campaign in 2012, the Amarynthos project in 2020 and is since 2021 co-field-director. She is responsible for the excavation in the temple area, where she discovered the incredible deposit of about 700 objects of the 6th c. BC. She applies various analysis methods for the study if this rich material. For her PhD (university of Geneva) she studied the pottery of Eretria at the turn of the Archaic to the Classical period. She introduced many students to the study of Archaic pottery and organizes this spring her next pottery workshop together with Samuel Verdan. Furthermore, she is involved in the current survey project as pottery specialist.

Video by Sébastien Reichenbach (noxediem.ch) for our public outreach programme , supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. ... See MoreSee Less

02/11/2023

Bel article de Caroline Zumbach dans la Tribune de Genève Suisse sur les fouilles archéologiques sous-marines. La fouille de l'épave d'Anticythère, réalisée par le prof. Lorenz Baumer @unigeneve, sous la houlette de l'Esag Swiss et de l'Éphorie des antiquités sous-marines, est particulièrement mise en avant.

L'épave d’Anticythère est la plus riche épave antique jamais découverte en Grèce. Localisée par hasard près des côtes de l'île d'Anticythère en 1900, elle a été fouillée par le commandant Cousteau dans les années 70 puis par les archéologues grecs dans les années 2012-2020. Depuis 2021, le projet est coordonné par l'Université de Genève sous l’égide de l’École suisse d’archéologie en Grèce. Son objectif principal était de comprendre plus clairement le navire, son itinéraire, sa cargaison et l'état actuel de l'épave.

#swissarchaeology #ESAG #SwissSchool #archaeology #anticythere #Antikythera #mechanism #greece #lovegreece #unige #ephorateofunderwaterantiquities #kythira ... See MoreSee Less

02/06/2023
Bel article de Caroline Zumbach dans la Tribune de Genève Suisse sur les fouilles archéologiques sous-marines. La fouille de lépave dAnticythère, réalisée par le prof. Lorenz Baumer @unigeneve, sous la houlette de lEsag Swiss et de lÉphorie des antiquités sous-marines, est particulièrement mise en avant. Lépave d’Anticythère est la plus riche épave antique jamais découverte en Grèce. Localisée par hasard près des côtes de lîle dAnticythère en 1900, elle a été fouillée par le commandant Cousteau dans les années 70 puis par les archéologues grecs dans les années 2012-2020. Depuis 2021, le projet est coordonné par lUniversité de Genève sous l’égide de l’École suisse d’archéologie en Grèce. Son objectif principal était de comprendre plus clairement le navire, son itinéraire, sa cargaison et létat actuel de lépave. #swissarchaeology #ESAG #SwissSchool #archaeology #anticythere #Antikythera #mechanism #greece #lovegreece #unige #ephorateofunderwaterantiquities #kythira

Snowfall at Eretria today. A view of the garden of our excavation house. ... See MoreSee Less

02/06/2023
Snowfall at Eretria today. A view of the garden of our excavation house.

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 5/20: Kyriaki Katsarelia, doctoral student at the university of Fribourg. Thanks to a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Fellowship, she joined our team for our public outreach programs at Eretria and Amarynthos and coordinated visits for schools, children excavation, guided tours and many more activities. During the 2020 campaign, she furthermore was co-responsible for the find management. Currently, she works on ancient toys from the region, while in her MA thesis (university of Lausanne) she studied a Classical-Hellenistic necropolis at Aliveri she excavated with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea.
Video by Sébastien Reichenbach (noxediem.ch) for our public outreach programme , supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. ... See MoreSee Less

02/05/2023

3rd day of the round table "Reconstructing Greek Sacred Landscapes" at the Fondation Hardt at Vandoeuvres/Geneva. The meeting closed after the presentations of C. Morgan, L. Baumer, M. Kerschner and D. Knoepfler with the conclusive remarks by V. Pirenne-Delforge.

We thank everyone who contributed to the success, especially the speakers, the chairs (K. Reber, D. Jaillard and S. Huber), the Amarynthos team who prepared posters on the project, the staff of the Fondation Hardt, N. Nicole, A. Provecho and the Swiss National Science Foundation. ... See MoreSee Less

02/04/2023
3rd day of the round table Reconstructing Greek Sacred Landscapes at the Fondation Hardt at Vandoeuvres/Geneva. The meeting closed after the presentations of C. Morgan, L. Baumer, M. Kerschner and D. Knoepfler with the conclusive remarks by V. Pirenne-Delforge. We thank everyone who contributed to the success, especially the speakers, the chairs (K. Reber, D. Jaillard and S. Huber), the Amarynthos team who prepared posters on the project, the staff of the Fondation Hardt, N. Nicole, A. Provecho and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Welcome to the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece

Since 1964, Swiss archaeologists have been exploring the ancient city of Eretria, on the island of Euboea. More recently, excavations near Amarynthos have led to the discovery of the Sanctuary of Artemis, the most renowned place of cult of the Eretrians.
The School also supports Swiss archaeological projects elsewhere in Greece.