Excavations underway on Dhaskalio, off Keros
[Credit: Cambridge Keros Project]
New function at the short town of Dhaskalio, the site adjoining the prehistoric sanctuary on the Cycladic isle of Keros, has shown this to hold upwards a to a greater extent than imposing as well as densely occupied serial of structures than had previously been realised, as well as 1 of the most impressive sites of the Aegean during the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC).
Until recently, the isle of Keros, located inwards the Cyclades, due south of Naxos, was known for ritual activities dating from 4,500 years agone involving broken marble figurines. Now novel excavations are showing that the promontory of Dhaskalio (now a tiny islet because of bounding main grade rise), at the due west destination of the isle side yesteryear side to the sanctuary, was virtually alone covered yesteryear remarkable monumental constructions built using rock brought painstakingly from Naxos, about 10km distant.
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