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Archaeologists are hunting for Greeces underwater past February 7, 2017 - 06:25
Archaeologists are hunting for Greece’s underwater past
February 7, 2017 - 06:25
By: Mikkel Andreas Beck
Lechaion Harbour Project fieldwork in 2016. (Video: Calrsberg Foundation)
“Not everyone can go to Corinth.” So says a Greek proverb from antiquity, hinting at the fact that you would have needed a heavy wallet to visit the prosperous city-state.
The city-state was positioned on the small strait linking the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese peninsula. It controlled all shipping between the eastern and western Mediterranean.
Ships could moor at Corinth and be dragged safely across to the other side, thus avoiding the perilous trip around the treacherous waters of the Greek peninsula.
“But when you sail around Cape Malea, forget your home,” wrote the Greek geographer Strabo about the peninsula in the first century BCE—meaning that you were unlikely to make it home.
More:
http://sciencenordic.com/archaeologists-are-hunting-greece%E2%80%99s-underwater-past
