Ancient theater of Lefkada unearthed: a landmark discovery in the Ionian Islands

Ancient theater of Lefkada unearthed: a landmark discovery in the Ionian Islands

After more than a century of uncertainty and more than a decade of methodical excavation, archaeologists have revealed the ancient theater of Lefkada—an extraordinary cultural monument and the only known theater of its kind in Greece’s Ionian Islands. Hidden for centuries beneath olive trees and encroaching modern buildings, the theater is now a testament to the region’s storied classical past. The great theater of Epidaurus, designed by Polykle…