Volume 3, Issue 2 May - August 2019
The sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia on the island of Euboea
Researching a lost temple
Karl Reber
Professor of Classical Archaeology, Univiersity of Lausanne, Director of the Swiss archaeological School in Greece
Denis Knoepfler
Emeritus Professor, University of Neuchâtel and Collège de France
Amalia Karapaschalidou
Director emeritus of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea, Greece
Tobias Krapf
Scientific Secretary of the Swiss Archaeological School in Greece
Thierry Theurillat
Scientific Secretary of the Swiss Archaeological School in Greece
After 200 years of research, the location of the renowned sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia near Amarynthos on the island of Euboea has recently been uncovered by a team of archaeologists from the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea. Ongoing excavations on a 10'000 sqm site at the foot of Paleoekklisies hill have brought to light several buildings and remains dating from the Mycenaean to the Byzantine period. Since 2017, terracotta tiles stamped with the name of the goddess, but also inscriptions on stone including honorific decrees and treaties, one of which mentions the toponym of “Amarynthos”, as well as several statue bases dedicated to Artemis, Apollo and Leto have brought conclusive evidence for the identification of this monumental complex as the Artemision of Amarynthos, until then known only by ancient sources.
Key words: Euboea, Sanctuary, Artemis, Amarynthos, Eretria, archeology, religion
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