Greek archaeologists expressed their line organization on Mon over the abandonment past times the solid seat down of the site of the mid-5th century BC Temple of Artemis Agrotera, which they described equally “one of the nearly historically of import archaeological sites inwards the optic of Athens.”
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The Temple of Artemis Agrotera digging site inwards 2014 [Credit: artemisargotera.org] |
The Ionic-style temple, dedicated to the Greek virgin goddess of the hunt was constructed of Pentelic marble.
It stands on Ardittou street, inwards the neighbourhood of Mets, surrounded past times modern buildings.
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The Temple of Artemis Agrotera digging site equally it is today [Credit: artemisargotera.org] |
In a press loose titled “A monument inwards danger,” the Association of Greek Archaeologists says that despite numerous decisions published past times the Central Archaeological Council since 1964 for the immediate expropriation of the solid seat down it stands on together with the surrounding properties together with the protection together with advertisement of the site, no activeness has e'er been taken.
“The political responsibilities of successive political leaderships, are obvious,” the association says.
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The temple was converted into a Christian basilica inwards the fifth century together with much afterwards inwards the 17th century amongst the add-on of a dome into the church building dedicated to the Virgin Mary known equally "Panagia stin Petra". The detailed drawings of elevations, the world plans together with members of the temple together with its pediment (now inwards the museum of Berlin and Venice) executed past times architects J. Stewart & N. Revett on their view to Athens laissez passer on testimony of the monument equally it stood inwards 1753 [Credit: WikiCommons] |
“This unacceptable together with disgraceful province of affairs ... that was created nether pressure level from somebody interests is non solely endangering the archaeological site itself, only also violates the law,” it added.
Archaeologists said the site forms an archaeological unity amongst the neighbouring Temple of Olympian Zeus together with government must hence initiate expropriation procedures, consummate the excavations together with necessary studies together with furnish it to the world equally an opened upwards archaeological site.
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Reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis Agrotera [Credit: Viajando la Vida/Flickr] |
The temple was converted into an Early Christian church building inwards the mid-5th century AD. the start excavations on the site were conducted inwards 1897 past times the Archaeological Society of Athens.
Source: Kathimerini [September 14, 2018] Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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