Perserschutt

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The Perserschutt (German: Persian debris, or refuse) was the bulk of architectural and votive sculptures destroyed by the invading Persian army on the Acropolis of Athens in 480 BCE, and then ceremonially buried by the Athenians upon the departure of the Persians. They were excavated in 1863-1866 by the French archaeologist Charles Ernest Beulé and in 1885-1890 by the archaeologist Panagiotis Kavvadias and the architects Wilhelm Dörpfeld and Georg Kawerau. The excavation was published in 1906 (Kavvadias, P., Kawerau, G.: Die Ausgrabung der Akropolis vom Jahre 1885 bis zum Jahre 1890).