Ionic capitalof the northernperistylepreservingthe eyeof the right volute. Two types of terracottaantefixes.The coloring is partially preserved. (1914-1915), for his campaign was interrupted by the First World War. The new excavations, which began in April 1957, have already disproved the views current about the site. Much of the city lies little more than three feet below the modern surface- just enough to provide a protective covering- and many important buildings in a reasonably good state of preservation await the archaeologist's spade. This much is clear from the scores of exploratory trenches we have run in various parts of a site covering an area of nearly one and a half square miles, or about eight or nine hundred acres. A recent development, which will make for easier excavation at the lower levels, is the draining of the adjacent lake and river which once provided a waterway between the capital and the sea. The fertile plain thus salvaged forms a precious addition to Greece's scanty supply of arable land. One particular area was selected for concentrated excavation during our first campaign. The building here, which was in large part cleared, we call for the present simply Building No. 1. Its importance is indicated by its size: about 160 feet in width by more than 300 feet in length- how much more we do not yet know, since one end runs under the main highway from Edessa to Salónica. The most conspicuous feature of the building as thus far excavated is a series of three open courtyards running north to south. The central court is paved with a pebble mosaic in a simple rhomboid pattern framed by a spiral design; the other two are "peristyle" courts with handsome stone columns of the Ionic order. Various large 249