Survey of Eretria plain on Evia points to unknown ancient sites

An archaeological crushed survey of southern Evia, combined with laser imaging, has yielded signs of astatine slightest ten unknown past settlements, together with buildings, cemeteries, quarries and roads, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday.

A ministry statement said the survey by Swiss and Greek archaeologists covered some 30 square kilometers betwixt past Eretria and the Temple of Artemis successful Amarynthos, further to the east.

It was conducted from 2021-2025 and revealed much than 200 buildings, arsenic well arsenic hundreds of potshards and stone implements dating from prehistoric to mediaeval times.

The ministry said the survey “offered caller accusation connected the improvement of the scenery implicit time, contributing to our understanding of however section communities made use of their earthy surroundings and available resources.”

“It besides sheds airy connected aspects of the agrarian landscape, agriculture and past roadworthy networks, allowing us to study the improvement of the metropolis of Eretria and the inclusion of the large temple of Artemis successful the past landscape,” it added.

Among the finds were ten past settlements, farmhouses, cemeteries, quarries, olive presses, mediaeval chapels and sections of past roads.