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Aegina, Greek-Swiss excavation on the Hellanion Oros. View towards the Aegean at the beginning of the 3rd week. The Oros is with some 530 m the highest peak in the centre of the Saronic Gulf and a series of other mountain top sanctuaries of Zeus in Attica and the Peloponnese can be seen from here. ... See MoreSee Less

09/25/2023
Aegina, Greek-Swiss excavation on the Hellanion Oros. View towards the Aegean at the beginning of the 3rd week. The Oros is with some 530 m the highest peak in the centre of the Saronic Gulf and a series of other mountain top sanctuaries of Zeus in Attica and the Peloponnese can be seen from here.

Hellanion Oros on Aegina island: The ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands launched this week a new one-month excavation campaign on the mountain top. Focus are the Mycenaean layers previously discovered. ... See MoreSee Less

09/15/2023
Hellanion Oros on Aegina island: The ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and Islands launched this week a new one-month excavation campaign on the mountain top. Focus are the Mycenaean layers previously discovered.

Le festival Les Celtiques de Vivisco, c’est encore aujourd’hui! On vous attend au parc des Crédeilles à Vevey. ... See MoreSee Less

09/10/2023
Le festival Les Celtiques de Vivisco, c’est encore aujourd’hui! On vous attend au parc des Crédeilles à Vevey. https://celtiques-de-vivisco.ch/

Tomorrow at Groningen: The ESAG is present with two presentations at the conference "The Many Faces of Artemis". ... See MoreSee Less

09/06/2023
Tomorrow at Groningen: The ESAG is present with two presentations at the conference The Many Faces of Artemis.

Des archéologues grecs chez les Celtes...
L'ESAG propose des ateliers ludiques dans le cadre du festival des Celtiques de Vivisco à Vevey du 8 au 10 septembre pour découvrir les trésors récemment mis au jour dans les fouilles du Sanctuaire d'Artémis sur l'île d'Eubée en Grèce


Viviskes - association de reconstitution protohistorique celtique ... See MoreSee Less

09/05/2023
Des archéologues grecs chez les Celtes... LESAG propose des ateliers ludiques dans le cadre du festival des Celtiques de Vivisco à Vevey du 8 au 10 septembre pour découvrir les trésors récemment mis au jour dans les fouilles du Sanctuaire dArtémis sur lîle dEubée en Grèce https://celtiques-de-vivisco.ch/ https://agora.esag.swiss/ Viviskes - association de reconstitution protohistorique celtique

Olivier Picard (4 mars 1940-1er septembre 2023)
Historien, archéologue, spécialiste de la monnaie antique, Olivier Picard était un ami de l’École suisse d’archéologie en Grèce (ESAG). Auteur d’un ouvrage magistral «Chalcis et la Confédération eubéenne» (1979), il s’était intéressé au monnayage d’Érétrie et avait publié plusieurs études à son sujet.
Mais c’est surtout durant son mandat de directeur de l’École française d’Athènes (1981-1992) que son aide fut précieuse pour l’École suisse, à une époque où cette dernière rencontrait des difficultés. De 1982 à la fin de son mandat en 1992, l’École française joua le rôle de «grande sœur» de la petite ESAG, plus concrètement d’appui logistique et administratif. Il est vrai que les deux directeurs, le Français et le Suisse, se connaissaient et s’appréciaient depuis 1963, date de leur rencontre sur les bancs de la Sorbonne et de l’École pratique des Hautes Études.
C’est en Crète orientale, sur le site de Latô, qu’Olivier Picard et le soussigné forgèrent leur amitié et leur complicité durant les longues campagnes (1967-1972) passées à explorer les vestiges de cette cité-refuge dominant le golfe de Mirabello.
Une fois achevé son mandat de directeur de l’École française d’Athènes, Olivier Picard reprit un enseignement à l’Université de Paris-Nanterre. La fin d’une période administrative très lourde lui donna le loisir d’accepter une invitation en qualité de professeur invité à l’Université de Lausanne. Durant deux années pleines, il fit profiter ses étudiants de ses talents de savant, d’enseignant et de pédagogue, avec humour et créativité.
Sa carrière académique se poursuivit à la Sorbonne. Il fut bientôt nommé membre de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, qu’il présidait en cette année où la mort l’emporta de manière soudaine. Le soussigné peine à cacher son émotion en évoquant un si grand nombre de souvenirs, remontant à tant d’années. Il exprime à son épouse, Paule Picard, à ses enfants Agnès, Luce et Clément et à leurs enfants sa profonde tristesse et son amitié indéfectible.
Pierre Ducrey, Directeur de l’École suisse d’archéologie 1982-2006 ... See MoreSee Less

09/04/2023
Olivier Picard (4 mars 1940-1er septembre 2023) Historien, archéologue, spécialiste de la monnaie antique, Olivier Picard était un ami de l’École suisse d’archéologie en Grèce (ESAG). Auteur d’un ouvrage magistral «Chalcis et la Confédération eubéenne» (1979), il s’était intéressé au monnayage d’Érétrie et avait publié plusieurs études à son sujet. Mais c’est surtout durant son mandat de directeur de l’École française d’Athènes (1981-1992) que son aide fut précieuse pour l’École suisse, à une époque où cette dernière rencontrait des difficultés. De 1982 à la fin de son mandat en 1992, l’École française joua le rôle de «grande sœur» de la petite ESAG, plus concrètement d’appui logistique et administratif. Il est vrai que les deux directeurs, le Français et le Suisse, se connaissaient et s’appréciaient depuis 1963, date de leur rencontre sur les bancs de la Sorbonne et de l’École pratique des Hautes Études. C’est en Crète orientale, sur le site de Latô, qu’Olivier Picard et le soussigné forgèrent leur amitié et leur complicité durant les longues campagnes (1967-1972) passées à explorer les vestiges de cette cité-refuge dominant le golfe de Mirabello. Une fois achevé son mandat de directeur de l’École française d’Athènes, Olivier Picard reprit un enseignement à l’Université de Paris-Nanterre. La fin d’une période administrative très lourde lui donna le loisir d’accepter une invitation en qualité de professeur invité à l’Université de Lausanne. Durant deux années pleines, il fit profiter ses étudiants de ses talents de savant, d’enseignant et de pédagogue, avec humour et créativité. Sa carrière académique se poursuivit à la Sorbonne. Il fut bientôt nommé membre de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, qu’il présidait en cette année où la mort l’emporta de manière soudaine. Le soussigné peine à cacher son émotion en évoquant un si grand nombre de souvenirs, remontant à tant d’années. Il exprime à son épouse, Paule Picard, à ses enfants Agnès, Luce et Clément et à leurs enfants sa profonde tristesse et son amitié indéfectible. Pierre Ducrey, Directeur de l’École suisse d’archéologie 1982-2006

Yesterday, the survey team, led by Tamara Saggini, began processing the ceramics. Some of the 107,128 sherds counted over the last few weeks are being studied and entered into the database. ... See MoreSee Less

08/29/2023
Yesterday, the survey team, led by Tamara Saggini, began processing the ceramics. Some of the 107,128 sherds counted over the last few weeks are being studied and entered into the database.

In three weeks of intensive survey, the Team covered almost 6 km2, counting sherds and tiles with patience, motivation and good mood! Many thanks to them for their hard work! ... See MoreSee Less

08/25/2023
In three weeks of intensive survey, the Team covered almost 6 km2, counting sherds and tiles with patience, motivation and good mood! Many thanks to them for their hard work!

Interview with Sylvian Fachard, Director of the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece and professor at Lausanne University, about landscape archaeology and his research in Euboea and Attica.

See volume 138 of Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες:
https://archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/… ... See MoreSee Less

08/21/2023
Interview with Sylvian Fachard, Director of the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece and professor at Lausanne University, about landscape archaeology and his research in Euboea and Attica. See volume 138 of Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες: https://www.archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/4-13_%CE%A4138.pdf

For the past two weeks, a new team has taken over from the excavation team and is now surveying the fields between Eretria and Amarynthos in search of evidence of territorial occupation. Survey 2023 welcomes students from Greece, Switzerland, France and the USA. The project, led by ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Evia, is under the direction of Sylvian Fachard and Angeliki Simosi, with the collaboration of Chloé Chezeaux and Olga Kyriazi. ... See MoreSee Less

08/19/2023
For the past two weeks, a new team has taken over from the excavation team and is now surveying the fields between Eretria and Amarynthos in search of evidence of territorial occupation. Survey 2023 welcomes students from Greece, Switzerland, France and the USA. The project, led by ESAG and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Evia, is under the direction of Sylvian Fachard and Angeliki Simosi, with the collaboration of Chloé Chezeaux and Olga Kyriazi.

Geneva and Greece, a friendship for centuries. Read the article written by Pierre Ducrey and Béatrice Blandin in Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες 138, 2022, 14-27.

Now free online available at:
https://archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/…

#greece #switzerland #esag #kapodistrias #geneva #mahgeneva ... See MoreSee Less

08/18/2023
Geneva and Greece, a friendship for centuries. Read the article written by Pierre Ducrey and Béatrice Blandin in Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες 138, 2022, 14-27. Now free online available at: https://www.archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/14-27_138.pdf #greece #switzerland #esag #kapodistrias #geneva #mahgeneva

Activities of the ESAG in the “Typos Eretrias”: See pages 14-15 of the latest issue of the journal “Typos Eretrias” under

https://eretria.info/images//… ... See MoreSee Less

08/15/2023
Activities of the ESAG in the “Typos Eretrias”: See pages 14-15 of the latest issue of the journal “Typos Eretrias” under https://www.eretria.info/images//flipbook/typos/f33_jul23/typos_eretrias_f33_072023.html

Two churches of the Panagia in the region of Amarynthos, both using blocks from the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia and both crucial for the research about the ancient site. One, Byzantine, a bit further inland, the other, Postbyzantine, on Paleoekklisies Hill overlooking the ruins of the sanctuary, now uncovered by the Greek-Swiss project. Religious sites marked and mark throughout the periods the landscape of Amarynthos.

Καλή Παναγιά! Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους.
Και ιδιαίτερα σε όλους τους φίλους/φίλες και συνεργάτες/συνεργάτριές μας που εορτάζουν σήμερα. ... See MoreSee Less

08/15/2023
Two churches of the Panagia in the region of Amarynthos, both using blocks from the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia and both crucial for the research about the ancient site. One, Byzantine, a bit further inland, the other, Postbyzantine, on Paleoekklisies Hill overlooking the ruins of the sanctuary, now uncovered by the Greek-Swiss project. Religious sites marked and mark throughout the periods the landscape of Amarynthos. Καλή Παναγιά! Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους. Και ιδιαίτερα σε όλους τους φίλους/φίλες και συνεργάτες/συνεργάτριές μας που εορτάζουν σήμερα.

The prehistoric phases of Amarynthos and Eretria: First people came already some 5000 years ago to Eretria and Amarynthos, settling on the Kastelli and Paleoekklisies Hills, during the Final Neolithic (Eretria) and Early Bronze Age I (Amarynthos). While the settlement at Eretria is relocated several times, a major site develops at Amarynthos, known during the Late Bronze Age under the name a-ma-ru-to in the Linear-B archives of the Mycenaean palace of Thebes. The changing coast line played an important role for both sites during their existence throughout the millennia. A summary of the first 2000 years of the two sites can be found in:

Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες 138, 2022, 30-43

Now free online available at:
https://archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/…

#Eretria #Amarynthos #greekarchaeology #swissarchaeology #Bronzeage #Euboea #ESAG #prehistory ... See MoreSee Less

08/14/2023
The prehistoric phases of Amarynthos and Eretria: First people came already some 5000 years ago to Eretria and Amarynthos, settling on the Kastelli and Paleoekklisies Hills, during the Final Neolithic (Eretria) and Early Bronze Age I (Amarynthos). While the settlement at Eretria is relocated several times, a major site develops at Amarynthos, known during the Late Bronze Age under the name a-ma-ru-to in the Linear-B archives of the Mycenaean palace of Thebes. The changing coast line played an important role for both sites during their existence throughout the millennia. A summary of the first 2000 years of the two sites can be found in: Αρχαιολογία & Τέχνες 138, 2022, 30-43 Now free online available at: https://www.archaiologia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/30-43_T138.pdf #Eretria #Amarynthos #greekarchaeology #swissarchaeology #Bronzeage #Euboea #ESAG #prehistory

Amarynthos, cleaning and registering the finds: As important as the work on the excavation site is the treatment of the finds in the storeroom and restoration laboratory. Five people were daily cleaning and marking the thousands of pottery and tile sherds, while four archaeologists registered the fragments (counting, first description, photo). Everything becomes numbered. For the registration, the application iDig on iPad is being used. Seven restorers clean the more fragile and metallic finds, during the entire year. Only then, everything can be studied by the specialists of each category of finds and be properly stored. ... See MoreSee Less

08/13/2023
Amarynthos, cleaning and registering the finds: As important as the work on the excavation site is the treatment of the finds in the storeroom and restoration laboratory. Five people were daily cleaning and marking the thousands of pottery and tile sherds, while four archaeologists registered the fragments (counting, first description, photo). Everything becomes numbered. For the registration, the application iDig on iPad is being used. Seven restorers clean the more fragile and metallic finds, during the entire year. Only then, everything can be studied by the specialists of each category of finds and be properly stored.

Amarynthos: The 2023 Greek-Swiss excavation campaign ended successfully. It provided many new insights into the different phases of the site, from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine period and the entire plan of the temple of Artemis has now been revealed. A press release will be published by the Greek Ministry of Culture and re-posted here. We would like to thank the Swiss National Science Foundation for the funding of this large scale research programme, as well as all other institutions and foundations who support us. ... See MoreSee Less

08/11/2023
Amarynthos: The 2023 Greek-Swiss excavation campaign ended successfully. It provided many new insights into the different phases of the site, from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine period and the entire plan of the temple of Artemis has now been revealed. A press release will be published by the Greek Ministry of Culture and re-posted here. We would like to thank the Swiss National Science Foundation for the funding of this large scale research programme, as well as all other institutions and foundations who support us.

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.