HOME AWAY HOME for STUDENTS and STAFF
On a glorious autumn weekend, students and staff made their way to the lovely harbour town of Batsi which will be home for the various team members over the course of the dig season.
We began our stay with a welcome dinner on Sunday evening at the Café Kantouni Pension, meeting our generous hosts, the directors and getting to know one another before the work on site begins!
An important aspect of the Zagora Archaeological Project is engagement with the local communities in which we work.
As members of the Zagora Archaeological Project we are warmly welcomed each field season by the Andriot community. We are grateful for this welcome and also acknowledge that we have been afforded a great privilege by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport to work at Zagora.
This week we were very fortunate to welcome a number of special visitors to Zagora. The Director of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA) Professor Tamar Hodos and Administrative Assistant Mrs Panagiota Korompli of the Athens office visited on Tuesday. On Wednesday we welcomed Australia’s Ambassador to Greece, Her Excellency Alison Duncan and Mr Richard Palmer. On Friday we received a visit by eminent retired archaeologist Professor Ze’ev Herzog accompanied by his son.