Near Kinyra, at the eastern coast of Thasos several ancient galleries were found during the 1979 field- season. The galleries extend up to 100 m into the ridge of Klisidi. They contain numerous traces of ancient mining activity. Mineralogical and chemical studies on limonitic ore samples reveal that gold is the only metal in these galleries which was worth mining in antiquity. The galleries very likely belong to the ancient gold mines which Herodotus described in this area and which, so far, had not been re-located.Près de Kinyra, sur la côte orientale de Thasos plusieurs anciennes galeries furent découvertes pendant la campagne de terrain 1979. Les galeries s'étendent jusqu'à 100 m dans la crête ded Klisidi. Elles contiennent de nombreuses...
The Royal Numismatic Society, London special publication n°56International audienceThe Laurion distr...
The extensive territory of the ancient (Hellenistic to Byzantine) city of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) off...
In NW Spain, on the border of Galicia, Asturias and Castile and Leon, in the Rio Sil River, the expl...
Near Kinyra, at the eastern coast of Thasos several ancient galleries were found during the 1979 fie...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
Numerous remains of ancient mining and smelting activities in the leadzinc deposit of western Thasos...
Numerous remains of ancient mining and smelting activities in the leadzinc deposit of western Thasos...
The Royal Numismatic Society, London special publication n°56International audienceThe Laurion distr...
The Royal Numismatic Society, London special publication n°56International audienceThe Laurion distr...
The extensive territory of the ancient (Hellenistic to Byzantine) city of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) off...
In NW Spain, on the border of Galicia, Asturias and Castile and Leon, in the Rio Sil River, the expl...
Near Kinyra, at the eastern coast of Thasos several ancient galleries were found during the 1979 fie...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
International audienceThe silver mines of Laurion, located 35 km south-east of Athens, were the most...
Numerous remains of ancient mining and smelting activities in the leadzinc deposit of western Thasos...
Numerous remains of ancient mining and smelting activities in the leadzinc deposit of western Thasos...
The Royal Numismatic Society, London special publication n°56International audienceThe Laurion distr...
The Royal Numismatic Society, London special publication n°56International audienceThe Laurion distr...
The extensive territory of the ancient (Hellenistic to Byzantine) city of Sagalassos (SW Turkey) off...
In NW Spain, on the border of Galicia, Asturias and Castile and Leon, in the Rio Sil River, the expl...