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been confirmed to be of the temple. The site was finally located at the foot of the
Palaioekklisies hill near the small fishing town of Amarynthos on the Greek island of Euboea, about 10 km from the place where the temple was wrongly thought to be located. The remains has revealed structures from the 6th-century to the second BC, containing an underground fountain, inscribed bases, sealed tiles, and coins containing the name "Artemis".
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Researchers have been trying to locate the remains of the temple since the 19th-century. However, using the description made by Strabo, who claimed the temple to be seven stadia (1.5 kilometers or 1 mile) from the town of
Eretria, the temple could not be located until excavations made since 2007 has
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distant from the walls , belongs to this city . . . As for the power the
Eretrians once had, this is evidenced by the pillar which they once set up in the temple of Artemis Amarynthia. It was inscribed thereon that they made their festal procession with three thousand heavy-armed soldiers, six
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Archeological excavations reveal the date of founding to the 6th-century BC. The sanctuary is mentioned by ancient authors from the 3rd-century BC until the 3rd-century AD. According to
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The temple was the center for the cult of
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hundred horsemen, and sixty chariots. And they ruled over the peoples of Andros, Teos, Keos, and other islands.
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stated in the 3rd-century that "The people of
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