Category Archives: Photos

Historic Photos of the Isthmus

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Friends at FB have posted or sent me links to several facebook pages and albums devoted to photos, postcards, and images of Greece from the late 19th / early 20th century.  Theodoros Metallinos has posted hundreds of fascinating images in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canal, Isthmus, Periods, Early Modern, Periods, Modern, Photos, Urban Center | 2 Comments

Recent Corinthian Archaeology News and Blogs

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

I repost below some stories, videos, and news related to the archaeology and history of the Corinth since spring. Some will be old news but may be of use for those who have missed the stories. News and Announcements from … Continue reading →

Posted in American School Excavations, Digital Corinthia, Isthmia, Periods, Classical, Periods, Diachronic, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Roman Colony, Photos, Territory, Video | 1 Comment

Blogosphere: Corinthia

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

A frequent sort of blog that regularly appear in my google alerts are travel accounts of visits to Ancient Corinth. Most of these cover familiar ground and are most useful for good photos of Corinth, the Corinthian landscape, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogosphere, Canal, Diolkos, Isthmia, Kenchreai, Photos, Urban Center | Leave a comment

Marine Life in the Corinthian Gulf

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

Kalliope Sarri posted in the Corinthian Studies facebook group a link to the most beautiful scuba images of life aquatic in the Corinthian Gulf. Check them out here.

Posted in Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, Marine Life, Photos | 1 Comment

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. 

Posted in Acrocorinth, Agriculture, Olives, Photos, Territory | Leave a comment

Corinth Canal

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Photos by David Pettegrew and Kate Pettegrew on July 1, 2007.  Low walls visible in the second photo, bungee jumper in third, climbing holes for workers in fourth.

Posted in Canal, Photos | 3 Comments

Hexamilion

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

The trans-Isthmus “Hexamilion” wall, running 7 kilometers across the Isthmus of Corinth, constructed in the 5th century AD, with later episodic refurbishments.  In the day of its construction, it must have fundamentally altered the human landscape, the regional economy, and … Continue reading →

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The Olive Harvest

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

Harvesting olives with Nikos Gdysis of Gemelos Taverna, November 16, 2004.  Photos by D. Pettegrew.

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A Corinthian Valley in November

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

The valley of Lakka Skoutara in the southern Corinthia.  Photos by D. Pettegrew, November 18, 2004.    

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Beachrock

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

“Beachrock” at the western entrance to the Corinth canal, covering the loading platform of the diolkos road.  The authors of the Lechaion tsunami theory (discussed yesterday) have suggested this rock represents “calcified tsunamigenic deposit” caused by a tsunami sometime after … Continue reading →

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