The British School at Athens is an institute for advanced research, one of the eight British International Research Institutes supported by the British Academy, that promotes the study of Greece in all its aspects. Under UK law it is a registered educational charity, which translates to a non-profit organisation in American and Greek law. It also is one of the 19 Foreign Archaeological Institutes defined by Hellenic Law No. 3028/2002, "On the Protection of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage in General," passed by the Greek Parliament in 2003. Under that law the 17 accredited foreign institutes may perform systematic excavation in Greece with the permission of the government.
The Eridanos or Eridanus was a river in Athens mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography.
The Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens (IIHSA) is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is one of 19 foreign archaeological institutes in Athens, Greece. It is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). CAORC is a private not-for-profit federation of independent overseas research centers that promote advanced research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, with focus on the conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies.
The Older Parthenon or Pre‐Parthenon, as it is frequently referred to, constitutes the first endeavour to build a sanctuary for Athena Parthenos on the site of the present Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens. It was begun shortly after the battle of Marathon upon a massive limestone foundation that extended and leveled the southern part of the Acropolis summit. This building replaced a hekatompedon and would have stood beside the archaic temple dedicated to Athena Polias.
The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA) 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. The Institute has been involved in projects in excavations at Torone, Zagora (Andros), and in the Paliochora survey (Kythira).
The Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. It is a branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute based in Vienna.
The Belgian School at Athens ; is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.
The French School at Athens is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.
The German Archaeological Institute at Athens is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.
The Danish Institute at Athens is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.
The Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA) is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.
The Swedish Institute at Athens was founded in 1946 and is one of 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. The Institute is one of three Swedish research institutes in the Mediterranean, along with the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome and the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. Besides the premises in Athens the institute has an office in Stockholm and a guesthouse in Kavala. It also owns the Nordic Library along with the Danish Institute at Athens, the Finnish Institute at Athens and the Norwegian Institute at Athens.
The Finnish Institute at Athens is a scientific institute of Finland, operating in Athens, Greece. The institute's main objective is to practice and promote research on Greek archaeology, history, language and culture from antiquity until the present day. It is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Greece.
The Nordic Library at Athens is one of several international archaeological libraries in Athens, Greece. It is located in the Makrigianni area of Athens.
The Italian School of Archaeology at Athens is one of the 19 foreign archaeological institutes headquartered in Athens, Greece, with branch offices in Crete, Limnos and Rome.
The Museum of Anthropology, University of Athens is an educational museum in Athens, Greece. It was founded at the University of Athens in 1886. The museum was initially established as part of the university's medical school, in its department of histology. The museum's founder, Klon Stephanos, has been described as the "father of physical anthropology" in Greece, Under Stephanos, the museum emphasized its function as research laboratory, rather than as a venue for public displays. It received many early contributions from the medical faculty in the area of anatomical pathology, as well as becoming an important repository within Greece for historical anthropological specimens that had in the past been sent to foreign institutions.
Jack L. Davis is Carl W. Blegen Professor of Greek Archaeology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and is a former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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