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Round Table "Reconstructing Greek Sacred Landscapes"
February 2–4, 2023, Fondation Hardt, Vandœuvres/Geneva, Switzerland

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01/25/2023
Round Table Reconstructing Greek Sacred Landscapes February 2–4, 2023, Fondation Hardt, Vandœuvres/Geneva, Switzerland Follow the presentations online: https://www.esag.swiss/roundtable2023

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 3/20: Prof. Denis Knoepfler, University of Neuchâtel and Collège de France. He came first in 1966 to Eretria and was interested since then in finding the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia at Amarynthos. In his groundbreaking 1988 article in the Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (Paris) he argued for a location near the Paleoekklisies hill, where the ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea finally launched excavations in 2006 and identified in 2017 the sanctuary. It is thanks to his research that the site has been found and he is following each campaign on site, more than 50 years after his first Euboean ventures. Prof. Knoepfler studies the epigraphic finds. ... See MoreSee Less

01/23/2023

Κοπή της πίτας at the museum of Eretria by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea and the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece. Happy New Year to everyone! All the best to Dimitrios Christodoulou who directs the Ephorate since the beginning of the year. And congratulations to Nepheli Theocharous who got the φλουρί! It is very pleasant to see so many archaeologists and restorers working here all year round. ... See MoreSee Less

01/18/2023
Κοπή της πίτας at the museum of Eretria by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea and the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece. Happy New Year to everyone! All the best to Dimitrios Christodoulou who directs the Ephorate since the beginning of the year. And congratulations to Nepheli Theocharous who got the φλουρί! It is very pleasant to see so many archaeologists and restorers working here all year round.

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 2/20: Harry Giannoulopoulos, restorer. In fact, he started to work for the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece exactly ten years ago, on January 15 2013. We congratulate him and thank him for his great work, in the lab but also in the field at Amarynthos for the consolidation of fragile artefacts like bronze shields. We could no longer imagine the Eretria museum without him and his famous tea breaks at 10. For the restoration of the numerous finds from the sanctuary of Amarynthos, he coordinates currently a team of six further restorers. ... See MoreSee Less

01/15/2023

It is the beginning of January and we are already 16 researchers, restorers and employees of the Swiss School at Eretria. Thank you very much Georgia Evangeliou for the wonderful Vasilopita. A happy New Year to everyone! ... See MoreSee Less

01/14/2023
It is the beginning of January and we are already 16 researchers, restorers and employees of the Swiss School at Eretria. Thank you very much Georgia Evangeliou for the wonderful Vasilopita. A happy New Year to everyone!

Save the date: Daniela Greger (Lausanne / Oxford) will speak on February 13 about "Euboean Trade in the Bigger Picture: Early Iron Age Pottery Exchange through Network Analysis"

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01/12/2023
Save the date: Daniela Greger (Lausanne / Oxford) will speak on February 13 about Euboean Trade in the Bigger Picture: Early Iron Age Pottery Exchange through Network Analysis On zoom: https://zoom.us/u/aelYxMUuQ1 (17:00 British time)

Presenting the members of the Amarynthos team 1/20: Chloé Chezeaux, doctoral student at the University of Lausanne, excavating since 2018 at Amarynthos (and beforehand in the Gymnasium of Eretria), currently coordinating the fieldwork of the Eretria Amarynthos Survey Project under the direction of S. Fachard and A. Simosi. Furthermore, she excavated in 2021 and 2022 in the "dragon houses" of Southern Euboea.

The videos, which will be presented on a weekly basis, have been produced by Sébastien Reichenbach (noxediem.ch) for our public outreach programme , supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. They have been made during the campaigns 2020 and 2021 of the Greek Swiss excavation at Amarynthos.

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01/07/2023

The head of Herakles discovered in the shipwreck of Antikythera has been listed by the Greek news as one of the most important discoveries in 2022. This underwater research project is co-directed by Prof. L. Baumer (University of Geneva) and Dr. A. Simosi (Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands).

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01/03/2023
The head of Herakles discovered in the shipwreck of Antikythera has been listed by the Greek news as one of the most important discoveries in 2022. This underwater research project is co-directed by Prof. L. Baumer (University of Geneva) and Dr. A. Simosi (Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands). https://www.tanea.gr/2022/12/23/lifearts/oi-megalyteres-arxaiologikes-anakalypseis-tou-2022/

Χρόνια πολλά! ... See MoreSee Less

12/31/2022
Χρόνια πολλά!

The ESAG organized an internship for archaeological drawing in collaboration with the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK. Knowledge Visualization. ). Leonie Baumberger spent four weeks at Eretria in November/December, drawing for the Amarynthos excavation. We thank her for her great work.

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12/28/2022
The ESAG organized an internship for archaeological drawing in collaboration with the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK. Knowledge Visualization. https://kvis.zhdk.ch/). Leonie Baumberger spent four weeks at Eretria in November/December, drawing for the Amarynthos excavation. We thank her for her great work. @leoniebaumbergerovertoom

The latest discoveries at Amarynthos in the archaeological news of the journal Archéologia 615, December 2022, pages 8 and 9:

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12/27/2022
The latest discoveries at Amarynthos in the archaeological news of the journal Archéologia 615, December 2022, pages 8 and 9: https://www.archeologia-magazine.com/numero-615/ouzbekistan-splendeurs-routes-caravanieres-louvre/actualite-fouilles-recherche.57409.php#article_57409

Deadline pour les candidatures pour nos stages 2023 est le 31 décembre.

Deadline für die Kandidaturen für unsere Praktika 2023 ist der 31. Dezember.

Προθεσμία για τις αιτήσεις συμμετοχής / πρακτικής άσκησης 2023 είναι 31 Δεκεμβρίου.

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12/26/2022
Deadline pour les candidatures pour nos stages 2023 est le 31 décembre. Deadline für die Kandidaturen für unsere Praktika 2023 ist der 31. Dezember. Προθεσμία για τις αιτήσεις συμμετοχής / πρακτικής άσκησης 2023 είναι 31 Δεκεμβρίου. https://www.esag.swiss/program/

Καλές γιορτές / Joyeuses Fêtes / Frohe Festtage / Happy Holidays ... See MoreSee Less

12/25/2022
Καλές γιορτές / Joyeuses Fêtes / Frohe Festtage / Happy Holidays

« Γενεύη και Ελλάδα »: The Greek translation of the catalogue of last year’s exhibition in the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève has been presented last Monday at Εκδοτικός Οίκος Μέλισσα - Melissa Publishing House in presence of the former President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and the Swiss Ambassador in Greece Stefan Estermann. ... See MoreSee Less

12/17/2022
« Γενεύη και Ελλάδα »: The Greek translation of the catalogue of last year’s exhibition in the Musée dart et dhistoire de Genève has been presented last Monday at Εκδοτικός Οίκος Μέλισσα - Melissa Publishing House in presence of the former President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and the Swiss Ambassador in Greece Stefan Estermann.

The ESAG congratulates Dr. A. Simosi and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea for the publication of the splendid Latsis volume on the Archaeological Museum of Chalkida “Arethousa”, with finds from many sites of Euboea and Skyros.

Συγχαρητήρια στην Δρ Α. Σίμωσι και την Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Ευβοίας για την δημοσίευση του εξαιρετικού τόμου Λάτση για το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Χαλκίδας «Αρέθουσα»/ Archaeological Museum of Chalkis, με ευρήματα πολλών αρχαιολογικών χωρών της Ευβοίας και της Σκύρου. ... See MoreSee Less

12/15/2022
The ESAG congratulates Dr. A. Simosi and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea for the publication of the splendid Latsis volume on the Archaeological Museum of Chalkida “Arethousa”, with finds from many sites of Euboea and Skyros. Συγχαρητήρια στην Δρ Α. Σίμωσι και την Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Ευβοίας για την δημοσίευση του εξαιρετικού τόμου Λάτση για το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Χαλκίδας «Αρέθουσα»/ Archaeological Museum of Chalkis, με ευρήματα πολλών αρχαιολογικών χωρών της Ευβοίας και της Σκύρου.

A few impressions of the conference "Athens and Attica in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic Period" co-organised by the ESAG together with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Eastern Attica, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the University of Thessaly, the Paul & Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum and UCLA. ... See MoreSee Less

12/11/2022
A few impressions of the conference Athens and Attica in the Early Iron Age and the Archaic Period co-organised by the ESAG together with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Eastern Attica, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the University of Thessaly, the Paul & Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum and UCLA.

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.