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PREFACE.
The present volume contains, primarily, an account of the excavations on the
site of the Ephesian Artemision, conducted on behalf of the British Museum by
Mr. D. G. Hogarth ; and the opportunity has been taken to include the results
of Mr. J. T. Wood's excavation, in so far as these concern the earlier temples
on the same site. The book is thus designed to serve as a definitive publi-
cation as regards the present state of our knowledge of the archaic Artemisia.
It is proposed in due course to issue a second volume, dealing with the rest
of the material, and particularly with the remains of the Hellenistic temple.
The site of the Artemision has been the property of the Trustees of the
British Museum since the date of Wood's first excavation in 1869. His under-
taking was brought to a conclusion in 1874 ; and from that date the site
remained undisturbed for nine years. In 1883 an attempt was made to re-open
the campaign : an influential committee was formed in London, and an appeal
was circulated ; a small sum of money was raised by public subscription, and in
May of that year, with the sanction of the Museum authorities and of the Porte,
Wood once more set to work. His principal object appears to have been the
elucidation of the questions regarding the sculptures of that portion of
the building which he erroneously called the Frieze. Unfortunately, no record
seems to have been preserved, either official or otherwise, of the results of
this enterprise, which however seems to have been practically unproductive
of results. The few objects found came in April, 1884, to the British Museum
as the gift of the " Ephesus Excavation Committee": they consisted of a
number of small and, for the most part, unimportant fragments of the temple
architecture, two small pieces of sculptured reliefs (legs of figures), and three
inscriptions : the chief result achieved was the examination of a colonnade
which surrounded the temple, and the survey of some fragments of the
architecture of which this was composed.
In 1896 the late Mr. A. S. Murray visited Ephesus, and reported on the
unsatisfactory condition in which he then found the site of the Artemision : the
entire area was overgrown with vegetation, and the few visible remains were
lying about in such confusion that no definite plan could be distinguished ; he
The present volume contains, primarily, an account of the excavations on the
site of the Ephesian Artemision, conducted on behalf of the British Museum by
Mr. D. G. Hogarth ; and the opportunity has been taken to include the results
of Mr. J. T. Wood's excavation, in so far as these concern the earlier temples
on the same site. The book is thus designed to serve as a definitive publi-
cation as regards the present state of our knowledge of the archaic Artemisia.
It is proposed in due course to issue a second volume, dealing with the rest
of the material, and particularly with the remains of the Hellenistic temple.
The site of the Artemision has been the property of the Trustees of the
British Museum since the date of Wood's first excavation in 1869. His under-
taking was brought to a conclusion in 1874 ; and from that date the site
remained undisturbed for nine years. In 1883 an attempt was made to re-open
the campaign : an influential committee was formed in London, and an appeal
was circulated ; a small sum of money was raised by public subscription, and in
May of that year, with the sanction of the Museum authorities and of the Porte,
Wood once more set to work. His principal object appears to have been the
elucidation of the questions regarding the sculptures of that portion of
the building which he erroneously called the Frieze. Unfortunately, no record
seems to have been preserved, either official or otherwise, of the results of
this enterprise, which however seems to have been practically unproductive
of results. The few objects found came in April, 1884, to the British Museum
as the gift of the " Ephesus Excavation Committee": they consisted of a
number of small and, for the most part, unimportant fragments of the temple
architecture, two small pieces of sculptured reliefs (legs of figures), and three
inscriptions : the chief result achieved was the examination of a colonnade
which surrounded the temple, and the survey of some fragments of the
architecture of which this was composed.
In 1896 the late Mr. A. S. Murray visited Ephesus, and reported on the
unsatisfactory condition in which he then found the site of the Artemision : the
entire area was overgrown with vegetation, and the few visible remains were
lying about in such confusion that no definite plan could be distinguished ; he