[Corinth Monument] Irrigation Channel Excavations

An irrigation channel was built to carry water from Lake Stymphalus to the Isthmus of Corinth in the mid 1960’s. In the course of excavating the channel several Roman tombs were found at the edge of the ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, North | Irrigation Channel

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[Agora Monument] Water and Oil Mills

Industrial, Hydraulic Unknown Concrete, Rubble Fair ... 5th A.D ... Water and Oil Mills ... Water and Oil Mills

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[Corinth Monument] Anaploga Sanctuary

ASCSA director Henry Robinson undertook several small-scale excavations in the vicinity of Anaploga during the early 1960’s. One of these exposed a Roman house with ornate later 1st or 2nd century A.D ... exposed a Roman house with ... meters of underground water channels. One of the wells

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[Corinth Monument] Panayia Bath

The Late Roman bath complex consists of four rooms; an entrance hall, an apodyterium (undressing room) that also served as a frigidarium (room with cold bath tubs), a tepidarium (warm room without tubs) ... The Late Roman bath ... baptisteria supplied with water through lead pipes. The water

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[Corinth Monument] Peirene

Peirene is an important center of symbolism and tradition in the urban landscape of both Greek and Roman Corinth. Human activity is attested in the area from the Neolithic period, and the first efforts ... of both Greek and Roman ... efforts in water management ... supplied with water from four

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[Corinth Monument] Sacred Spring

The Sacred Spring was a sanctuary rather than a public water source. The Sacred Spring complex has a long history lasting from the early 8th century B.C into the Hellenistic period with several phases ... water source. The Sacred ... in the late 6th century ... the fountain below. A water

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[Corinth Monument] Theater

The theater was a place in which dramatic and musical events were staged. In the Roman period staged fighting was added. The theater has several phases. The original structure was built late in the 5th ... the Roman period staged ... late in the 5th century B.C ... Roman tastes. In the early

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[Corinth Monument] Asklepieion

The sanctuary of Asklepios is located in what was probably considered a healthy location on the north side of the city close to a supply of fresh spring water. It incorporated hospital facilities. The ... reservoirs fed by water channels ... of fresh spring water. It ... Roman colony, the temple was