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The ancient nekromanteion or nekyomanteion (oracle of the dead) is in the nomos (county) of Preveza, on the north bank of the river Acheron. In ancient times the sanctuary belonged to the Thesprotians, one of the early Greek tribes who settled in Epiros about 2000 BC. Mycenaean installations dating from the 14th c. BC have been noted in the region, Ephyra, 500 m to the north of the nekromanteion, and Toryni, to the east of Parga, at the site of Kiperi. The sanctuary was discovered on the crest of a rocky hill, beneath the ruins of the monastery of St. John the Baptist (18th c.), during excavations conducted by professor Sotirios Dakaris in the years 1958-1964 and 1976-1977.
