Castle of Antiparos, in the centre of the traditional settlement.
Excavations on the Small Islands west of Antiparos, give evidence of the existence of a great civilization. The first archaeological studies took place in 1889 by Tsountas. It was then that two cemeteries of the First Cycladic era and ruins of Prehistoric dwellings were discovered. In 1959 around 21 marble First Cycladic graves turned up, parts of a Doric style construction which consisted of 5 adjacent rooms. Below the stones, archaeologists found many objects of the Archaic era, ceramic pots, golden and bronze jewellery, scarabs and a clay statuette of a goddess dated from 650 BC. An inscription with the word "Apollo" gives evidence probably of the god whom the temple was built to honor. These findings have similarities with the ones discovered at the Ancient Temple of Dilion in Paros.