Discovered at a point where the gallery made excavations from the 1992.It is so well preserved that individual stores can be identified – including spaces produced and sold their own olive oil.
The non-uniform design shows that each owner had designed and built his shop, only one of the.In ancient Greece, the arcade, It was a great, open construction that housed shops and usually delimited public squares of the city.
The galleries were common in the Hellenistic period, from the 3rd to the 1st centuries BC, but earlier examples are extremely rare.
The ancient Clay is 4 km. West of the mouth of the Strymon River, at a distance 6 about km. from ancient Amphipolis, stretching over an area 150 acres and occupying the Hill Castle.
According to the literary tradition was founded in 655 e.g.. from Andrioys and was the oldest colony in the Aegean and the eastern coast of Andros.
The purpose of creation of the control of the Valley of the Struma and rich in agricultural products, in timber and minerals hinterland.
At its peak, in the 5th century BC., the Clay was one of the wealthiest cities in the region.
The excavation of clay is a systematic excavations within the framework of a joint program launched by the Canadian 1992 and continues.
In charge of the excavations is the Canadian professor of classics at the University of Montreal and the archaeologist Jean Pero k. Zisis Mponias head of Antiquities II΄Eforeias Kavalas.
"We had no idea that something as historically important could be found tucked away here," said Mr. Pero for finding. "It's extremely exciting and we believe that there are many more things that can be found."
Archaeologists have emphasised that nothing like this had ever been discovered and they expect to find many more stores when you start the excavations on the eastern side of the lodge next year.
