Editing Philippi (section)

== Archaeological excavation of the site ==
[[File:Philippi Daumet Direkler.jpg|thumb|right|The ruins of Direkler (Basilica B), drawn by H. Daumet in 1861.]]

Although the site was briefly noted by earlier travellers, first modern archaeological description, based on a visit in 1856, was published in 1860 by [[Georges Perrot]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Perrot |first1=Georges |title=Daton, Néopolis, les ruines de Philippes |journal=Revue archéologique| volume=1860|date=1860 |pages=45-52, 67-77  |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.104675}}</ref> This was followed by the more extensive investigations of the French Mission Archéologique de Macédoine in 1861, led by the archaeologist [[Léon Heuzey]] and the architect [[Honoré Daumet]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heuzey |first1=Léon |last2=Daumet |first2=Honoré |title=Mission Archéologique de Macédoine |date=1876 |publisher=Didot |location=Paris |pages=1–124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JVZAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> Excavations by the [[École française d'Athènes]] began in the summer of 1914, were renewed in 1920 after an interruption caused by the [[First World War]], and continued until 1937.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Collart |first1=Paul |title=Philippes, ville de Macédoine, depuis ses origines jusqu'à la fin de l'époque romaine |date=1937 |publisher=Boccard |location=Paris |pages=25–36 |url=https://archive.org/details/philippesvillede00coll/}}</ref> During this time the Greek theatre, the forum, Basilicas A and B, the baths, and the walls were excavated. After the [[Second World War]], Greek archaeologists returned to the site. From 1958 to 1978, the [[Archaeological Society of Athens]], followed by the [[Greek Archaeological Service]] and the University of Thessalonica, uncovered the bishop's quarter and the octagonal church, large private residences, a new basilica near the Museum, and two others in the [[necropolis]] east of the city.