We celebrated the summer solstice with two birthdays this week, as week four comes to a close. First we had a watermelon ouzo hour:

Followed by dinner for 30+ plus people, as we do they night. There was cake too!

On site, work is progressing very well. We have successfully removed some very large stones and continue to make progress understanding ancient Eleon.

The occupants of this beautifully located site in central Greece made some remarkable constructions with their technology. It causes us to wonder everyday. Here’s a photo of our team listening to an excavator explain their discoveries this week:

For us, the work is very exhausting. Lifting countless buckets (zembilia) of earth, pushing creaky wheelbarrows, and lifting huge rocks is tough and we have an excellent team.

While doing the heavy lifting we are also carefully documenting everything EVERYTHING that we do and that gets removed systematically. We also photograph everything, by hand and by air:

Back in Dilesi, we have a great ‘home’ team of conservators and registrars who make sure what we do is properly recorded, treated, and stored properly. We would literally be lost without them.