Alison Frantz

American Byzantinist and photographer of the American School at Athens. In August 1939 she helped excavate the blockhouse near Myloi, and in 1957 she photographed the Lerna excavation.

Also written: Άλισον Φραντς, M. Alison Frantz

Events

1. 7 August 1939 – 12 August 1939

   Americans excavate the blockhouse near Myloi

   From 7 to 12 August 1939 Louis E. Lord, Alison Frantz and Carl Roebuck of the American School excavated an ancient blockhouse three kilometres beyond the spring of Lerna, beside the road to Tripoli. The finds were given…

   ProvenAncient Lerna

2. July 1957

   Alison Frantz photographs the excavation

   In July 1957 the photographer Alison Frantz made the official pictures of Lerna for Hesperia. One shows the site from the north-west with the railway and the sea, another from the east with Myloi and Pontinos behind.

   ProvenAncient Lerna