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Swedish Archaeologists Make New Discoveries

Archaeologists have begun exploring an unknown ancient city at a village called Vlochós, five hours north of Athens. The archaeological 【小题1】 are scattered on and around the Strongilovoúni hill on the great Thessalian plains and can be traced to several historical periods.

“What used to be considered remains of some 【小题2】 settlement can now be upgraded to remains of a city of higher significance than 【小题3】 thought,”says Robin Rönnlund, PhD student in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg and leader of the fieldwork.

“We came across the site which has never been explored before in connection with another project last year and realised the great 【小题4】right away.”

Working together with the Swedish Institute at Athens and the local archaeological service in Karditsa, the Vlochós Archaeological Project (VLAP) was started with an aim to explore the remains. The project’s research team completed the first field season during two weeks in September 2016.

Rönnlund says that the hill is hiding many 【小题5】. Remains of towers, walls and city gates can be found on the mountaintop and slopes, but 【小题6】 anything is visible on the ground below. The ambition is to avoid digging and instead use 【小题7】 such as ground-penetrating radar. This will enable the team to leave the site in the same 【小题8】 as it was in when they arrived. The success of this method is 【小题9】 from the results of the first field season:

“We found a town square and a street network that indicate that we are dealing with quite a large city. The area inside the city wall measures over 40 hectares. We also found ancient pottery and coins that can help to 【小题10】 the city. Our oldest finds are from around 500 BC, but the city seems to have flourished mainly from the fourth to the third century BC before it was abandoned for some reason, maybe in connection with the Roman conquest of the area.”

Rönnlund believes that the Swedish-Greek project can provide important clues as to what happened during this violent period in Greek history.