Category Archives: Photos

A Southern View of the Isthmus

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

Lychnari Bay and Vayia in the southern Corinthia, with the flattened Isthmus against an abrupt limestone mountain (Gerania) in the distance (Photo D. Pettegrew 6-29-09)

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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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An Early Summer Evening

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Photo taken by D. Pettegrew June 1, 2011. 

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Corinthian Sites in Google Earth and Map

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

Yesterday I discussed a number of resources for viewing Corinthian territory from the air.  Some of the same resources also provide incredible views of the archaeological sites of the Corinthia.  This can be especially valuable if you want to view … Continue reading →

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The Corinthia from the Air

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

If you hadn’t noticed, views of the Corinthia from the air are increasingly available on the web.  When I first started teaching years ago and wanted to project an image of the Isthmus for a class, I relied on my … Continue reading →

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Ano Vayia and Lychnari Tower

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

The Saronic coast of the southern Corinthia provides some of the most beautiful views of Corinthian territory.  It also provided for the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey some of its most spectacular finds.  One week spent in the area of Kalamianos … 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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More Eastern Korinthia Survey Photos: Kromna and Rhyto

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

I continue to upload scanned slides from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey.  Today’s installments include A tomb near the village of Rhytoin the southern Corinthia The site of Kromna between the village of Hexamilia and Kyras Vrysi (Isthmia) Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Sites of the Eastern Korinthia Survey

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

I have uploaded more scans of slides form the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey.  These images show areas and sites documented by EKAS between 1999 and 2003.  Some of these, like the quarries, Kromna, and Perdhikaria, were known archaeological sites, and … Continue reading →

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Photos of the Eastern Korinthia Survey

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

It was unfortunate that I took all of my photos of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey using a camera loaded with print or slide film.  The survey was carried between 1998 and 2003, a time span corresponding with the rapid … Continue reading →

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