A team of 50 archaeologists will travel to the Greek island of Zagora to find out more about the ancient everyday civilisation that inhabited it. The site in the 1960s and ’70s was the first Australian dig to be conducted in Greece, and will now be revisited to shed more light on what it was like to live in the 9th century BCE.
“Archeology so often only deals with royalty and the rich. Here we’re learning about ordinary folk, people like us, and how they lived,” says dig co-director Dr Margaret Miller. For unknown reasons the city was abandoned and has remain unsettled ever since. Archeologists are trying to work out why.
Unlike many other dig sites, Zagora is completely isolated. The team will hike in and out each day to reach the site, and will be there until November 4.
The dig is sponsored by the Australian Archaeological Institute in Athens (AAIA), The University of Sydney and the Australian Research Council.
For more information please visit www.powerhousemuseum.com/zagora/about-zagora/