Archaeological Projects

Published: 2020-04-10

Map showing the location of fieldwork conducted by the Swedish Institute at Athens

The first Swedish archaeological campaign in Greece took place in 1894 when Sam Wide and Lennart Kjellberg undertook excavations at the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia (today the island of Poros). Since then a total of 13 sites have been explored by Swedish archaeologists. Most of them are located in the Peloponnese, but fieldwork has also been conducted on Crete, in Central Greece and Thrace. Today three projects include active ongoing field seasons (at Kalaureia, Vlochos and Hermione) while studies of previously excavated material from several other sites are undertaken continuously.

Ongoing archaeological projects

Asine
Hermione
Kalaureia
Vlochos

Under Publication

Asea
Berbati
Chania
Makrakomi
Malthi
Midea

Previous

Aphidna
Dendra
Paradeisos

Research/ Archaeological Projects

Vlochos, Thessaly (2015– ongoing)
2020-04-07
The archaeological site of Vlochos is situated three kilometres north of the town of Palamas in western...

Hermione, The Argolid (2015- ongoing)
2021-02-10
Ancient Hermione was one of the city states of the southern Argolis region. Today the remains of the...

Kalaureia, Poros (1894 and 1997– ongoing)
2020-05-05
The Sanctuary of Poseidon on Kalaureia is located on the island of Poros in the Saronic Gulf, c. 6 km...

Asea Valley, Arcadia (1936–1938, 1994–1996, 1997, 2000–2012)
2020-06-04
The Asea valley is located between the ancient cities of Tegea and Megalopolis in the central Peloponnese....

Asine, Argolid (1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1970–1974, 1976–1978, 1985, 1989–1990, 2021)
2020-05-15
The site of Asine is located c. 8 km south-west of today’s city of Nauplio. The ancient remains here...

Makrakomi, Phthiotis (2010–2015)
2020-06-02
Between 2010 and 2015 the Makrakomi Archaeological Landscapes Project (MALP) conducted fieldwork around...

Malthi, Messenia (1926–1929, 1933–1934, 1952, 2015–2017)
2020-04-24
During the Bronze Age a flourishing community existed on and around Malthi, the northern spur of the...