The Bema was a complex marble structure dating from the middle of the 1st century A.D. which dominated the face of the terrace of the Upper Forum at Corinth. It took the form of an open propylon with a ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Forum
Located at the western edge of the walled area of Corinth, the Potters’ quarter was a complex of workshops and domestic quarters used by potters for three centuries from the seventh century until the fourth ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, West | Potters' Quarter | ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, West | Potters' Quarter
Acrocorinth (575 meters high) was described by the Roman historian Polybius as one of the “fetters of Greece” because it controlled not only the route across the Isthmus, but also the pass between the ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Acrocorinth
Excavations on the north slopes of Acrocorinth in the 1960’s and 70’s revealed a mass of small dining rooms both above and below and ancient road leading to Acrocorinth. They were arranged in parallel ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Acrocorinth, North Slope | Acrocorinth Sanctuary
In 1960, several Late Roman graves were excavated adjacent to the road to Acrocorinth by Henry Robinson ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Acrocorinth, North Slope
Aetopetra is a hill (225x100m) located 3km west of Ancient Corinth, 1.6km east of Longopotamos, on the 92nd km mark of the Athens-Patras highway. Blegen observed pottery (EH, MH, and LH) and house walls ... Corinthia | Penteshouphia | Ancient Corinth, East of | Aetopetra
A village located 25 km south of Corinth. Archaeological excavations prove that the area around Ayios Vasilios has been settled since pre-historical times. Zygouries, west of Ayios Vasilios, was excavated ... Corinthia | Agios Basilios
Excavations in this area of the forum were conducted in 1936-38. Charles Morgan, M. Folse, and M. Campbell supervised the work on the Central Shops, Bema, and the Underground Shrine ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Forum | Agora south central
Oscar Broneer and R. H. Howland excavated in this area of the forum in 1933-35. Key monuments that they uncovered include the Central Shops and the South Stoa ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Forum | Agora Southeast
In this portion of the forum a major campaign of excavation was undertaken from 1933 to 1938. Later Henry Robinson renuwed investigations here in the late 1950's. In 1963 and 1965 C. K. Williams, II ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Forum | Agora southwest
A large oval depression (79 meters long x 52 meters wide) in the fields 1.2 kilometers east-north-east of the Temple of Apollo is a remnant of the Roman amphitheater. A broad gap probably marks the Porta ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, East | Kraneion | Amphitheater
Anaploga was the old name of the hamlet one kilometer southwest of the main archaeological site. The place is known today as Agioi Anargyroi. ASCSA director Henry Robinson undertook several small-scale ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, West | Anaploga
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 ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, West | Anaploga | Anaploga
Corinth was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. ASCSA excavations began ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth
A single course of foundation blocks are all that remain of this building with its west facing apse and facade opening toward the road to Lechaion and Peirene. A round base is located within the walls ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Sacred Spring | Apsidal Temple
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 ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, North | Asklepieion
An early trial trench between the Theater and the Temple of Apollo that sought to find the Sanctuary of Athena Chalinitis ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Theater District | East of Theater | Athena
The Babbius Monument is a circular monopteros on a podium dating to the early 1st century A.D. It consisted of eight Corinthian columns arranged in a circle supporting an epistyle and a conical roof. It ... Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Forum | West Terrace | Babbius
