Athenian Agora : Excavations in the Heart of Classical Athens.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1986 Book. As New. Hardcover. ". brings together for the first time . the results of 55 years work in the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. in 1931, when excavations began, not even the location of the original square was known. Today over 100 buildings and 180,000 objects have been found,.Close to a quarter of a million people now visit the site each year, to stand in the ruins of the senate house or see the Hephaisteion, the best preserved of all Greek temples, or the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos. Drawing on a wealth of excavated evidence, richly supplemented by literary and inscriptional references, the author tells the story of the Agora from Neolithic to medieval times in an immensely readable an d superbly illustrated account" 231p. Illus (B & W and Colour) diagrams, .tables.bibliography.index. Remainder mark. else as new..