After five years of conservation work overseen by the Ministry of Culture and the Ephorate of Cyclades Antiquities, scaffolding around the Episkopi monument on the island of Sikinos will be removed next month.

Initially a burial memorial built during the Roman era, it was later used as a temple to Apollo and then converted into a Byzantine church and monastery. It will open to visitors next spring.

Meanwhile, the island’s former school will become an archaeological museum. Exhibits will include “Neko,” a noblewoman buried in her jewelry 1,800 years ago whose remains were discovered in a grave in the vault of Episkopi. 

This article was previously published at ekathimerini.com.