Isar, Marvinci

Isar is an archaeological site located in Marvinci, a village situated in the south-eastern areas of North Macedonia. It is only 18.6 kilometres north of the town of Gevgelija. According to Macedonian archaeologists the site has roughly well over 200 graves and is only a few kilometres from the town of Valandovo. Archaeological digging and examining was conducted between 1977 and 1986. The archaeological finds were transported to the Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia. The archaeological findings there are dated from the period between the Bronze Age to the late Antiquity. A discovered artifacts from the 3rd century BC reveal that the name of the local settlement was Idomene.[1] The archeological site contains remnants of a temple and stadium, designed according to the ancient Roman style.

Ruins at Isar
Inscription at Isar

References
  1. Chaniotis, A., Corsten, T., Papazarkadas, N. and Tybout, R.A., “SEG 63-458. Isar-Marvinci (modern place name; Idomene?). Epitaph of Zoilos, 2nd cent. B.C.”, in: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Current editors: A. T. E. N. Chaniotis Corsten Stavrianopolou Papazarkadas. Consulted online on 06 August 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1874-6772_seg_a63_458> First published online: 2012.
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