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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 ...

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[Corinth Monument] Baths of Aphrodite

This was the name given, from the 19th century on, to a spring and cave in the former pleasure garden of the Ottoman Beys’ palace. It is located due north of the Forum on the line of the Lechaion Road ...

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[Corinth Monument] Cheliotomylos

A hill named for the Mill of Tselios. It sits just outside the Classical city walls. Sherds mark the prehistoric inhabitation of the immediate area.

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[Corinth Monument] Gymnasium

The Gymnasium mentioned by Pausanias was thought to lie at the northern edge of the city where several inscriptions dealing with athletes and athletics have been found. Excavations during the 1960s and ...

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[Corinth Monument] Gymnasium Fountain of Lamps

To the west of the Gymnasium a bath-and-fountain complex was built in a natural valley artificially enlarged in antiquity. In its earliest phase the supply of spring water was enhanced by tunneling horizontally ...

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[Corinth Monument] Ioannou Bath east of Great Bath

In 1998, a small rescue excavation by the ΛΖ ΕΠΚΑ was undertaken across the street from the Great Bath excavation. Several apsidal plunges around a circular room were uncovered.

[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 ...

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[Corinth Monument] North Cemetery

The north cemetery is actually part of a much larger funerary area which extends along the plain below the lower terrace on which Corinth stands. Excavations in 1915 to 1918 and 1928 to 1930 revealed ...

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[Corinth Monument] Roman Bath (Great Bath on the Lechaion Road)

On his way from the forum north along the Lechaion road, Pausanias discusses one of the many bath houses in the city: