Category Archives: Acrocorinth

Corinth, Christian Encyclopedia 1866

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

For this Friday photo blog, I direct the viewer to this steel plate engraving from James Gardner’s The Christian Cyclopedia, or A Repertory of Biblical and Theological Literature, published in London 1866. The image, posted by Andy Brill here on … Continue reading →

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The Complete Archaeology of Greece

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

John Bintliff’s new tome (May 2012) looks like a serious comprehensive work.  At 544 pages, The Complete Archaeology of Greece: From Hunter-Gatherers to the 20th Century A.D. promises to tell the story of Greek culture from the Paleolithic to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Acrocorinth, Agriculture, Archaeological Survey, Book and Article Reviews, Ceramics, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Isthmia, Isthmus, Lechaion, Territory | 1 Comment

Ancient Corinth: 2011 Publications

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

I finally had time this week to gather together the 2011 publications for various aspects of Corinth’s history.  The first installment today includes about 3 dozen publications related to the history and archaeology of Corinth in antiquity, i.e., from the … Continue reading →

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Return of Winter Landscape

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

If you have only visited Greece in May to September, the green growth of winter may be surprising.  Note the clouds in the second photo.  Photos by D. Pettegrew November 28 and December 7, 2004. 

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Life Among Ruins

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

The Department of Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam recently launched a new website “Byzantine & Ottoman Archaeology: Digging up answers in the Medieval Mediterranean”  as the official site for their VIDI-Research Project on material culture in the eastern Mediterranean … Continue reading →

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Views from Mt. Oneion

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

I was twice dragged up to the top of Mt. Oneion, the range that marks the visual southern boundary of the Isthmus.  While Dimitri Nakassis and I were walking survey teams around the plain of the Isthmus in 2000 and … Continue reading →

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“Letter to the Corinthians – Yes we can”

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

This Reuters article came through my feed last week describing how the modern village of ancient Corinth is dealing with Greece’s economic crisis.  The author seems to me to be painting an overly dramatized view of the drop in tourism … Continue reading →

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Whirlwind on the Isthmus

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

My four days in the Corinthia passed much too quickly for my liking. Day 1: Arrive at the Isthmus and introduce students to the delicious fastfood Goody’s chain; view the canal from the old national highway bridge; race to the … Continue reading →

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Friday Photo Gallery – Views from Acrocorinth

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

I recently received a request by email for some high-resolution images of the Corinthia.  I have taken about 5,000 photos of the Corinthia over the last several years and will be uploading some of my digital image collection to the … Continue reading →

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