In Mesopotamo. 52km south of Igoumenitsa, 20km south of Pargas.
History
8th Century BC - Described by Homer. Late 4th Century BC - Building errected. 167 BC - Burned down by the Romans. 18th Century - Monastery of St. John the Baptist built on top. 1958-1964 - Excavated by the archaeologist Prof. Sotirios Dakaris. 1976-1977 - More excavations by Sotirios Dakaris.
Overview
This site was believed to be the door to the hades, the realm of the dead. The word Nekromanteion means oracle of the death, and the people came here to talk with their late ancestors.
The Nekromanteion of Ephyra is the only oracle of the death in Greece. It belonged to the Thesprotians, an early Greek tribe who settled in this area about 2000 B.C.. It was even mentioned by Homer, who obviously knew of the place.
I am on my way to visit the Oracle of the Dead, the Necromanteion, a mystical sanctuary that the ancient Greeks believed to be the entrance to the Underworld.
The Necromanteion near the beautiful town of Parga on Greece's west coast, belonged to the ancient Bronze Age city of Ephyra, the ruins of which are located nearby.
After this discovery, the Necromanteion was destroyed and lay hidden until it was excavated in 1958 and restored by the Archaeological Society of Athens.
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