ABSTRACT
Macedonia is a wonderful hunting-ground for all kinds of archaeologists; Prehistoric, Classical, Byzantine remains are there in profusion. This chapter discusses the story of the 'spy-hunter'-turned-antiquary: the cultural politics behind the battle lines during the Great War. In Thessaloniki, under the command of General George Milne, he was responsible for facilitating the landing of troops, for protecting the docks, for supervising the delivery and dispatch of mail and for capturing spies. As curator of the British collection in 1918, A. G. Wade was responsible for supervising the move of the objects from the White Tower to a new building in the British Headquarters at the Papapheion Orphanage, and ultimately to London. The British interest in the systematic archaeological exploration of Macedonia did not begin with the Great War. The memorandum involved the use of the British School in Athens as a centre for the rebuilding of Greece and the Balkan lands after the war.
