Systematic archaeological research in the Kymissala area began in 2006, conducted by the Department of Mediterranean Studies: Archaeology, Linguistics, and International Relations of the University of the Aegean, in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese, and continues to the present day under the direction of Professor Manolis I. Stefanakis and Eleni Farmakidou, Deputy Ephore of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese and the participation of Evangelia Dema, archaeologist of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese. A significant contribution has also been made by the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, under the direction of Emeritus Professor of Photogrammetry Andreas Georgopoulos, which has mapped and documented a large number of archaeological sites and monuments in the area.