The Lavrio region is in the heart of the 4th and 5th century BC Athenian republic, not just geographically, but also as a source of the wealth that supported the societal and economic development of the time. In 2019 the addicted2h20 team discovered and explored an abandoned silver mine. Since that time the team with the help of local archaeologists has expanded to identify and place under exploration 10 more mines with a goal to map and record these iconic pieces of history.
Although some of these mines were reopened in the second half of the 19th century, creating industrial riches until well into the 20th century, their contribution to ancient Greece cannot be understated. Exploring the often narrow and complex passages of these mines is a significant undertaking, but as understanding of their history and development over the centuries increases it can only add to an immensely valuable body of knowledge on Greece’s incredible history and contribution to the birth of modern civilisation.
Project Antillothrix is a multi-organizational partnership formed to conduct biodiversity surveys and excavations of paleontological cave sites in the Dominican Republic. Together, researchers and divers from the City University of New York (CUNY), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Museo del Hombre Dominicano (MHD), and the Dominican Republic Speleological Society (DRSS) have documented and collected a trove of vertebrate fossils for study and preservation since the inception of this collaboration in 2011.
Project Antillothrix is a multi-organizational partnership formed to conduct biodiversity surveys and excavations of paleontological cave sites in the Dominican Republic. Together, researchers and divers from the City University of New York (CUNY), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Museo del Hombre Dominicano (MHD), and the Dominican Republic Speleological Society (DRSS) have documented and collected a trove of vertebrate fossils for study and preservation since the inception of this collaboration in 2011.
07.2019-12.2020
To map, explore and document at least ten mines with mining activity dating back to the 4th and 5th centuries BC, understanding the ancient and modern histories and the contribution made to Greek and Athenian social, political and economic development.
To utilise these projects to open dialogue and discourse on the role of underwater archaeological research in mainland Greece, creating a knowledge base of value to the global scientific and archaeological communities.
To carefully open and explore the ‘time capsule’ sealed into place by water flooding into these mines at the end of their working life.
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