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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-04-08
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[01] Excavations at Alexander the Great's capital city to continue
[01] Excavations at Alexander the Great's capital city to continue
AMNA--Excavations at the ancient agora of Pella, capital city of Alexander
the Great's and his father Philip's kingdom, have been renewed for another
five years under University of Thessaloniki professor of classical
archaeology Ioannis Akamatis, following the Central Archaeological
Council's approval.
Field work will focus on the area south of the agora, the northern stoa,
the central square and the eastern wing, to look for structures earlier
than the hellenistic metropolis' remains of the mid-4th century BC to
the 2nd century BC.amna
The compound of the ancient agora covers 70,000 square metres and
contained multiple buildings and workshops attesting to the city's
economic strength - from ceramic and sculpture studios, to metal
processing, food and perfume manufacturing, administrative offices and
the city's archive, containing the clay stamps of papyrus records.
Excavations last year revealed a temple-like rectangular structure
that will be researched further, several coins, ceramic storage vessels
stamped with identifiable data and statuettes.
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