Excavation Reports 1949–1951

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George McFadden after the war continued the clearing of the central part of the Sanctuary of Apollo west of the city walls. Strabo, writing in the time of Augustus, says of this famous center of the worship of Apollo that those who touched the altar of the god were hurled into the sea. Walls were found leading from the Sanctuary to a high cliff [handwritten: and] and thus confirmed the story told by this [handwritten: ancient] geographer.

The main buildings of the Sanctuary include a formal gateway, two temples; a bathing establishment with central heating; a large building with a long portico along its north side known as the South Building; and another large building with a great interior court with porticos on all four sides. This is known as the Southeast Building. The Sanctuary, founded probably in the 8th century B.C., was destroyed by earthquake in 76 A.D. Its restoration with the help of imperia funds was completed probably by 114. A building inscription tells us that the Emperor Trajan in 101 A.D., completed the last two rooms of the great South Building. Two earthquakes destroyed it again in the 4th century A.D. when the site was abandoned.

Among the finds are many coins, lamps, glass, pottery, inscriptions, fine sculpture in marble and bronze, and thousands of figurines. John Young, now Professor of Archaeology at Johns Hopkins, and his wife, both former members of the expedition, hope to publish the figurines in the near future.

After the war in 1948 Mr. DeCoursey Fales, a Harvard student, joined the expedition to complete the