The sanctuary, excavated in 2005-2006 on the top of the Acropolis of ancient Akrai, perhaps a Thesmophorion, was built in the Hellenistic period. It has a lot of rooms, each one was used for different rites that were performed indoors. In one of the sanctuary rooms, there were many thysiai. On the rock, two human burials, dated by C14, remains of a sacred banquet, and many animal bones with traces of fire, suggest an interesting hypothesis about life in the sanctuarial area between VI and III century bC.
Leggio, D., Sineo, L., Fiorentino, C., Meli, F., Miccichè, R., Modi, A., et al. (2026). Fondazione e rifondazione di un santuario. Nuovi dati dalle ricerche antropologiche per il Thesmophorion di Akrai. In Antonino Cannata Robert Leighton Marco Stefano Scaravilli Alessandra Castorina (a cura di), HYBLAEA, Studi di archeologia e topografia dell’altopiano ibleo Volume 3 (pp. 109-122). Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.
Fondazione e rifondazione di un santuario. Nuovi dati dalle ricerche antropologiche per il Thesmophorion di Akrai
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The sanctuary, excavated in 2005-2006 on the top of the Acropolis of ancient Akrai, perhaps a Thesmophorion, was built in the Hellenistic period. It has a lot of rooms, each one was used for different rites that were performed indoors. In one of the sanctuary rooms, there were many thysiai. On the rock, two human burials, dated by C14, remains of a sacred banquet, and many animal bones with traces of fire, suggest an interesting hypothesis about life in the sanctuarial area between VI and III century bC.
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