Local Andros community enjoys tour of Zagora

One of the groups about to start their tour, led by Stavros Paspalas in Greek
One of the groups about to start their tour, led by Stavros Paspalas in Greek. © AAIA; photo by Hannah Gwyther
by Irma Havlicek
Web Content Producer

Even though we had wild weather in the few days leading up to our public tour, we were very pleased that this didn’t deter some 50 members of the local Andros community who made the trek down to Zagora yesterday, Saturday 25 October 2014, to learn more about our work there.

The three Zagora Archaeological Project co-directors each led a group to excavation areas around the site and explained what we are learning about this c. 900-700 BCE settlement through the archaeological work being done there. Associate Professor Lesley Beaumont and Dr Stavros Paspalas led their groups in Greek, and Professor Meg Miller led her group in English.

One of the tour groups, silhouetted under a cloudy sky at Zagora
One of the tour groups, silhouetted under a cloudy sky at Zagora. © AAIA; photo by Hannah Gwyther

Local community interest was clearly evident, and appreciated, by the Zagora archaeologists.

There will be a public presentation, in Greek, about the Zagora Archaeological Project at the Municipal Theatre, Chora, on Thursday 6 November at 7pm. All are welcome.

One of the groups about to start their tour, led by Stavros Paspalas in Greek
One of the groups about to start their tour, led by Stavros Paspalas in Greek. © AAIA; photo by Hannah Gwyther

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2 thoughts on “Local Andros community enjoys tour of Zagora”

  1. Hi and thanks so much for leading us around the dig site. Was very interesting to see things like this happening on Andros and especially by Australians. What a surprise!
    Cheers and thanks again
    Mark

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