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Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project
Arcadia, Greece
Summer 2006

Dr. David Gilman Romano
Senior Research Scientist, Mediterranean Section; Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Please join me in following the progress of the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project this summer as we begin digging in the Sanctuary of Zeus.  One of the most famous Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries of ancient Greece, located only 17 miles from its more well-known neighbor at Olympia, Mt. Lykaion claims a spectacular mountain-top location at an elevation of 4000-4500 feet above sea level.  An interdisciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania Museum, the University of Arizona, and the 5th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities at Sparta, under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens are collaborating in a long term project to learn more about this sanctuary.

I plan to submit a series of weekly reports to keep you up to date on the progress of this exciting project.

~DGR

Read more about the Mt. Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project on Dr. Romano's website-->

View of the lower sanctuary from the ash altar of Zeus, looking northeast

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