The importance of sport in Greek society had already been revealed in previous excavations at Nemea.

The entrance opens directly onto the atrium, but the remains of the house are not particularly well preserved due to damage caused by previous excavations.

In this and previous excavations, archaeologists said, no artifacts had been uncovered that had anything to do with China in the Han dynasty.

Objects brought to light in previous excavations and now in the small museum in the middle of the site will also be on show in the exhibition.

Sufficient evidence of a temple had already emerged, they contend, from a previous excavation.

Pieces of the capitals, including eyes, wings, fangs, and snouts, have been discovered during previous excavations.

That there was a city there at that time, had also been shown by previous archaeological excavations.

Their size and number, as well as finds from similar features in previous excavations, suggests they may have been storage pits.

Except in the burial area, previous excavations have been confined to test pits rather than more extensive, areal exposures.

A deposit model uses the results of previous excavations and other intrusive archaeological investigations to estimate the nature of the archaeology over a wider area.