The temple of Zeus-Ammon was discovered in 1969 during the construction of a hotel, which caused partial destruction of the base of the religious building. Excavations continued in the following years, 1970, 1971 and 1973, showed that Kassandra was founded on the peninsula in the second half of the 8th century BC. the colonists of Evia, from the city of Afitis, the sacred temple of Dionysus, whom they worshiped in a cave, under the rocks, on the southwestern side of the settlement. Worship in the cave continued in subsequent centuries until the 2nd century AD. On the plain in the northern part of the village, at the end of the 5th century BC. A temple was founded, of Egyptian origin, to the god Zeus Ammon. Initially, at the end of the 5th century BC. an altar was built, but later in the second half of the 4th century BC. a temple was built next to the altar, Doric style, surrounded by columns. Further, at the end of the 3rd or the beginning of the 2nd century BC, after a natural disaster, it was rebuilt in marble. The roof was decorated with clay tiles, embossed and colored. The temple was later destroyed.