List of Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Greece
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There are 19 Foreign Archaeological Institutions in Greece
. Seventeen of them are officially accredited Foreign Institutes (also known as "Schools"), all based in Athens
. Most of them contain specialised archaeological
/Classical libraries, run regular lecture programmes, award scholarships/bursaries and offer accommodation.
Some of the institutes also maintain permanent dig houses or study centres outside Athens.
Additionally there is one separate foreign-run Archaeological library in Athens, as well as one foreign research institution elsewhere in Greece.
(ASCSA) Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
(AAIA) Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens (ÖAI Athens) Belgian School at Athens
(EBSA) British School at Athens
(BSA) Canadian Institute in Greece
(CIG-ICG) Danish Institute at Athens
(DIA) Finnish Institute at Athens
(FIA) French School at Athens (EfA) Georgian Institute at Athens
German Archaeological Institute at Athens (DAI Athens) Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens
(IIHSA) Italian School of Archaeology at Athens (SAIA) Netherlands Institute in Athens
(NIA, see below) Norwegian Institute at Athens
(also NIA, see above) Swedish Institute at Athens
(SIA) Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece
(ESAG/SASG/SEAG)
Greece
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. Seventeen of them are officially accredited Foreign Institutes (also known as "Schools"), all based in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. Most of them contain specialised archaeological
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
/Classical libraries, run regular lecture programmes, award scholarships/bursaries and offer accommodation.
Some of the institutes also maintain permanent dig houses or study centres outside Athens.
Additionally there is one separate foreign-run Archaeological library in Athens, as well as one foreign research institution elsewhere in Greece.
Foreign archaeological institutes ("Schools") in Athens
American School of Classical Studies at AthensAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is one of 17 foreign archaeological institutes in Athens, Greece.-General information:...
(ASCSA) Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes in Greece. Founded in 1980, it aims to promote Greek studies in Australia, as well as to enable Australian scholars to engage in archaeological fieldwork in Greece...
(AAIA) Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens (ÖAI Athens) Belgian School at Athens
Belgian School at Athens
The Belgian School at Athens ; is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.The Belgian School was officially accredited in 1985, although Belgian archaeological activity in Greece goes back to the 1960s. It has been associated with the excavations at Thorikos ...
(EBSA) British School at Athens
British School at Athens
The British School at Athens is one of the 17 Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Athens, Greece.-General information:The School was founded in 1886 as the fourth such institution in Greece...
(BSA) Canadian Institute in Greece
Canadian Institute in Greece
The Canadian Institute in Greece ; ) is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.-General information, services, activities, facilities:...
(CIG-ICG) Danish Institute at Athens
Danish Institute at Athens
The Danish Institute at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.Founded in 1992, the Danish Institute focuses on archaeological research in Greece, but also operates as a cultural institute, with a programme of exhibitions and concerts...
(DIA) Finnish Institute at Athens
Finnish Institute at Athens
The Finnish Institute at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.It was founded in 1984; its mission is the promotion of all areas of Greek studies...
(FIA) French School at Athens (EfA) Georgian Institute at Athens
Georgian Institute at Athens
The Georgian Institute at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.It is the first Georgian academic and cultural institution abroad...
German Archaeological Institute at Athens (DAI Athens) Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens
Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens
The Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.-General information, mission:The IIHSA was officially founded in 1995 and has been fully operational since 2002...
(IIHSA) Italian School of Archaeology at Athens (SAIA) Netherlands Institute in Athens
Netherlands Institute in Athens
The Netherlands Institute in Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.The Institute aims to promote and support Dutch scholars of all academic disciplines active in Greece. It also strives to fill a role as a cultural institute, by organising...
(NIA, see below) Norwegian Institute at Athens
Norwegian Institute at Athens
The Norwegian Institute at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.The Institute aims to promote research in all areas of Greek Studies by Norwegian scholars. It contributes, with its Danish, Finnish and Swedish counterparts, to the Nordic Library at...
(also NIA, see above) Swedish Institute at Athens
Swedish Institute at Athens
The Swedish Institute at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.-General information, facilities:...
(SIA) Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece
Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece
The Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece is one of the foreign archaeological institutes operating in Greece.Since 1964, the Swiss archaeologists have been excavating the remains of the ancient site of Eretria , a medium sized city which has extensively contributed to the development and the...
(ESAG/SASG/SEAG)
Permanent foreign-run dig houses or study centres outside Athens
- CorinthCorinthCorinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...
(CorinthiaCorinthiaCorinthia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Peloponnese. It is situated around the city of Corinth, in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.-Geography:...
) - American School - DelosDelosThe island of Delos , isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece...
(CycladesCycladesThe Cyclades is a Greek island group in the Aegean Sea, south-east of the mainland of Greece; and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the islands around the sacred island of Delos...
) - French School - DelphiDelphiDelphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...
(PhocisPhocisPhocis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth...
) - French School - EretriaEretriaErétria was a polis in Ancient Greece, located on the western coast of the island of Euboea, south of Chalcis, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow Euboean Gulf. Eretria was an important Greek polis in the 6th/5th century BC. However, it lost its importance already in antiquity...
(Euboia) - Swiss SchoolSwiss School of Archaeology in GreeceThe Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece is one of the foreign archaeological institutes operating in Greece.Since 1964, the Swiss archaeologists have been excavating the remains of the ancient site of Eretria , a medium sized city which has extensively contributed to the development and the... - KnossosKnossosKnossos , also known as Labyrinth, or Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace appears as a maze of workrooms, living spaces, and store rooms close to a central square...
(CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
) - British SchoolBritish School at AthensThe British School at Athens is one of the 17 Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Athens, Greece.-General information:The School was founded in 1886 as the fourth such institution in Greece... - Malia (CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
) - French School - Nafplio/TirynsTirynsTiryns is a Mycenaean archaeological site in the prefecture of Argolis in the Peloponnese, some kilometres north of Nauplion.-General information:...
(Argolid) - German School - Nafplio (Argolid) - Swedish SchoolSwedish Institute at AthensThe Swedish Institute at Athens is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.-General information, facilities:...
- OlympiaOlympia, GreeceOlympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...
(ElisElisElis, or Eleia is an ancient district that corresponds with the modern Elis peripheral unit...
) - German School - Palaikastro (CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
) - British SchoolBritish School at AthensThe British School at Athens is one of the 17 Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Athens, Greece.-General information:The School was founded in 1886 as the fourth such institution in Greece... - PhaistosPhaistosPhaistos , also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Phaestus is an ancient city on the island of Crete. Phaistos was located in the south-central portion of the island, about 5.6 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea. It was inhabited from about 4000 BC. A palace, dating from the Middle Bronze...
(CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
) - Italian School
Foreign archaeological research institutions based outside Athens
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East CreteInstitute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East CreteThe Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete is a research institution based at Pacheia Ammos in East Crete, Greece.-General information, mission:...
(INSTAP-SCEG), based in Pacheia Ammos, CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...