The latest news from the Odysseus Unbound project.
2020 fieldwork starts in spite of COVID pandemic
By unexpected good fortune and against all odds, we have been able to start our field research this summer!… Read More
Odysseus Unbound at Athens archaeology conference
Recent results of our survey work on the Livadi Marsh was presented to an audience of scientists and archaeologists at a conference in Athens in January 2020. Find out how the data supports our theory that this was Odysseus’ harbour on Ithaca.… Read More
Where was Doulichion? New evidence from a famous Greek map
We’ve found important new evidence that the modern island of Ithaki was once called Doulichion. It’s from a very famous Greek map of the late 18th century.… Read More
Analysis of the marine sediment cores has begun
A team of scientists from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has begun the careful micropalaeontological analysis that will give us the all-important dates for when sea levels rose to fill the channel between Paliki and the rest of Kefalonia.… Read More
Marine Core Drilling “A Tremendous Success”
During five days of drilling at the end of July 2018 we successfully drilled 4 boreholes in the Gulf of Livadi and recovered 121m of sediment core – over double the amount that we had hoped for.… Read More
Tax-deductible donations for US Tax Payers
US tax payers may now make tax-deductible donations thanks to our association with the American Fund for Charities.… Read More
Summer 2018 field work is under way
The research team face their toughest conditions yet to try to date the huge landslip that blocked the sea channel between Paliki and the rest of Kefalonia… Read More