The site had been occupied by the village of Kastri since medieval times. Before a systematic excavation of the site could be undertaken, the village had to be relocated but the residents understandably resisted. The opportunity to relocate the village occurred when it was substantially damaged by an earthquake, with villagers offered a completely new village in exchange for the old site. In 1893 the French Archaeological School removed vast quantities of soil from numerous landslides to reveal both the major buildings and structures of the sanctuary of Apollo and of Athena Pronaia along with thousands of objects, inscriptions and sculptures.
Here are a few pictures of Delphi, the rest of my album can be viewed: https://picasaweb.google.com/mtwildflower/Delphi?authkey=Gv1sRgCPqj67Sz_PiEtAE&feat=directlink
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