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GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS ASINE ACROPOLIS

2024-11-22

walls of Asine walls of Asine
walls of Asine walls of Asine
Asine steps and sieve

Excavations were conducted by the Swedish Archaeological Institute in 1922-30 on the acropolis, in the Lower Town and on Barbouna hill. This work was continued from the 1970s onward by Swedish and Greek archaeologists. - In 2017 the acropolis had become an organized site with footpaths and information signs.

Above right: A sieve used in the early Swedish excavations. - Below left: Foundations of an Early Helladic house in the Lower Town. - Below right and below that: Cisterns on the acropolis, meanwhile most of them secured.

Early Helladic house ancient Asine
Asine cisterns
Asine cisterns