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Athenian Agora Excavations - Publications, excavation reports, excavation notebooks, contexts, objects, plans and drawings, and photos from the Agora

Corinth Excavations - Publications, excavation reports, excavation notebooks, contexts, objects, plans and drawings, and photos from Ancient Corinth

Alison Frantz Photos - Images by photographer and archaeologist Alison Frantz (1903-1995) depicting Archaic and Classical sculpture, Greek archaeological sites and various finds. The collection was created between the late 1940’s – early 1970’s.

Dorothy Burr Thompson Photos - Images from Dorothy Burr Thompson (1900–2001), excavator and leading expert in ancient terracottas. The collection covers the period 1923-1955, and includes images from her travels in Greece, Turkey and Italy. In addition to the archaeological information, the collection is a mosaic of information about architecture, landscapes and customs that no longer exist.

Archaeological Photos - Documents the field activities of the American School from its establishment in 1881 until WW II, with valuable and rare images recording restoration of the Erechtheum on the Acropolis in the early 20th c., the identification of the Choregic Monument of Nikias on the South Slope of the Acropolis, the discovery of the Sanctuary of Eros and Aphrodite on the North Slope of the Acropolis in the 1930’s, the excavations at the site of Dionysus in northern Attica, the restoration of the Lion of Amphipolis, and general views of Athens.

Historical Photos - Various photographs from the archives in the Gennadius Library documenting moments of Greek history, from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Photos are collected from the Dragoumis family, the papers of Athanasios Souliotis, Nikolaos Mavris and others, as well as from the papers of author Stratis Myrivilis who fought in the Balkan Wars and the Greek-Turkish War (1919-1922).

Ion Dragoumis Letters - Letters of diplomat and Greek Parliament member Ion St. Dragoumis, covering the period 1895-1920. The Macedonian struggle, the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire, the Greek language and the use of the Demotic, are some of the issues that appear in Dragoumis’ correspondence.

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Negative Number: AK 1111

Middle Helladic mattpainted sherds from coarse ware. The clay varies in color from pale to dark buff, light reddish buff and a yellow green. The fabric is coarse and full of gritty particles and sand. Sometimes it is burned unevenly at the core, and var

Negative Number: AK 1112

Middle Helladic Gray Minyan sherds. Some of the sherds are rather thick and the surface rough; some are handmade, but the majority are wheelmade, most of them are thin and the surface has that smooth, "soapy" feel which characerizes this ware. A few pie

Negative Number: AK 1113

Middle Helladic black and red monochrome sherds. In fabric the black monochrome ware closely resembles that of Early Helladic Period, but the shapes show less similarity. The sherds vary greatly in color, from gray to deepest black, and a few present a m

Negative Number: AK 1114

Early Helladic sherds. Top row (except second sherd from right): polished ware. The sherds are extremely well made, hard and thin. The clay is of the fine quality and well levigated, and does not contain gritty particles. It is a pale pink or gray in co

Negative Number: AK 1115

Middle Helladic vase. A low-stemmed cup or goblet. It is of coarse clay, but the surface is smooth and slightly polished. It stands 0.087 m. high. This red monochrome vase is important in that there are not many specimens of this type from the Middle He

Negative Number: AK 1116

Middle Helladic vase. A large two-handled jar. The color is really a deep buff which has been fired unevenly and ranges from pinkish tints to black near the base. The surface is beautifully polished but the interior is rough. It stands 0.23 m. high.

Negative Number: AK 1117

Early Helladic incised ware. In view of the fact that incised ware is rather a rare type of pottery for the Early Helladic pottery it seems unusual to find 15 sherds in this area, especially when the amount of polished ware was no greater and so few oth

Negative Number: AK 1118

Neolithic ware. All of the neolithic sherds, 17 in number, are of good fabric, with a smooth surface, which is not in all cases polished. The clay is of gray or dull red color, black at the core. In this photograph a common type of neolithic handle is

Negative Number: AK 1119

Middle Helladic fine and mattpainted ware. Most of the sherds of this group are wheelmade, usually small, and much finer both in fabric and decoration than the other mattpainted sherds. The clay has been carefully sifted. It is usually buff or greenish-

Negative Number: AK 1120

Neolithic ware. All neolithic sherds are of good fabric, with a smooth surface, which is not in all cases polished. The clay is of gray or dull red color, black at the core. Even from such small fragments one shape is discernible, an open bowl. Two she

Negative Number: AK 1121

Mycenaean vase found on the meagre traces of a floor level. The vase is of buff clay, standing 0.23 m. high. It has a smooth, polished surface. It is decorated on the body with two horizontal bands of red which have almost disappeared, one band on the b

Negative Number: AK 1122

Middle Helladic plain ware. In the same level with the Minyan and mattpainted wares a numer of sherds were found which are rather better than those usually designated as household ware. Much of this plain ware has a rough texture and thick walls, but al

Negative Number: AK 1123

Well M; plaque fragments.

Negative Number: AK 1124

Inv. # AP 1085. Well M; painted pinax. Made of coarse clay of a brick red color, like that common in Attic roof tiles. The back is rough, but the decorated surface is smoothly finished. The top edge of the plaque is preserved above the mans head. The

Negative Number: AK 1125

Loutrophoros hydria from Y-Z. In the centre of the main zone two female figures stand facing each other holding a large wreath. Their hands and arms are concealed beneath their cloaks, which hang like shawls from the shoulders. The cloak of the left figur

Negative Number: AK 1126

Large amphora from Y-Z (left) and a similar vase from Main Area. Pale buff clay. Coarse pot put together of numerous small fragments. On the body is a series of horizontal lines in brown paint at approximately regular intervals. The amphora shown on the

Negative Number: AK 1147

Vases from Well M. Top row, left: Skyphos with flat rim, slightly projecting on the outside. Most of the vase inside and outside is covered with a dark brown glaze, but at the height of the handle there is a broad reserved band. The rim is decorated wit

Negative Number: AK 1148

Large amphora with graffiti from Y-Z. The clay is rather fine, of a reddish buff color. Decorations in reddish brown consist of horizontal bands on body, neck, and rim, double loops with crosses on the shoulders, and zigzags on the neck. The outside of th

Negative Number: AK 1149

Large undecorated pithos from Well V. It has a broad rim, flat on top, and a raised ridge to set off neck from shoulder and a similar ridge above the base. The fragments of the pithos were discovered at the bottom of Well V together with the Exekias krat

Negative Number: AK 1150

Pithos from Well M. Small pithos with stamped and incised decoration. There is a band of stamped spirals on the neck and a similar band on the shoulder. On the body is a broader band of incised lines and stamped circles. A raised band sets off the neck fr