Tag: sanctuary
To the Rescue! Excavating for Site Management
Excavation has a long and glorious history here on Samothrace. Antiquarians have visited the sanctuary since 1444, when Cyriacus of Ancona visited the Genoese nobility on the island and drew some of the sanctuary’s buildings. German, French, Greek, Austrian, and Czech teams have all completed excavations on the site; American excavations sponsored by New York…