Category: News Stories
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Lighting the Temple of Apollo
In case you missed this on Facebook last week, the Temple of Apollo at Corinth is now illuminated. You can read about it here: After 25 Centuries Greek temple sees the light (CNN Travel) Temple of Apollo Illuminated (Greek Reporter)
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Hesperia in Zotero: a bibliographic resource
In June, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens announced that it was releasing bibliographic citation data for more than 1,500 articles published in its journal Hesperia via the bibliographic resource Zotero. As publications director, Andrew Reinhard, explained this decision: “Researchers who use Zotero while writing articles and books that reference Hesperia articles can download…
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“Ancient Ruins on the Shore”
Friday’s issue of Kathimerini includes a short travel piece one of the most beautiful sites in the Corinthia, the Heraion at Perachora. Here’s a snippet: “The last thing you expect after driving through the popular coastal resort of Loutraki, just northwest of the Corinth Canal, is an area where you can achieve spiritual elation among…
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Mycenaean necropolis discovered near Aigio
Not in the Corinthia but close. An archaeological team associated with the University of Udine has announced their discovery of a Mycenaean necropolis near Aigio, a town on the coast of the Corinthian Gulf about 50 miles west of Ancient Corinth. You can read about the discovery here: Archeologia, l’Università di Udine scopre una necropoli…
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A New Roman Tomb in Corinth
Construction activities across Corinth’s coastal plain and Isthmus have frequently turned up spectacular remains of the city’s Greek and Roman past. Large-scale construction projects like the highways and rails especially have generated discoveries and led to salvage excavations. While salvage excavation employ methods that are not ideal, they do generate discoveries that end up in…
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Peloponnesian Fires
Another round of summer fires in the Peloponnese including the Corinthia. Here are some of the recent headlines: “Fires still Blazing in Rethymno and Corinth” (Athens News) “Southern Greece Fires Close Highways” (CBS) “Wildfire on Greek Island of Kos Forces Evacuation” (NBC) with images of the fires near the village of Spathovouni south of Corinth.…
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Looted for Love
In case you missed this one, here’s a great little piece by Ada Calhoun about the return of a small marble fragment to ancient Corinth three decades after it was stolen. “I grew up in the East Village, in New York City, surrounded by art. Most of it was contemporary, but there was one piece…
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“Greek Anger Keeps German Tourists Away”
Are you a German avoiding Greece this year? So says this provocative Reuters article published last week. Here is the opening with the view from Corinth: “CORINTH, Greece, April 24 (Reuters) – German tourists are in short supply in Greece these days, frightened away by reports of visceral anti-German sentiment in some places, fears of…
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Dramatic Dog Rescue on the Isthmus
It doesn’t get much more dramatic than a rescue of a little dog stuck on the walls of the Corinth canal. Here we have a video of a trapped dog, rappelling firemen, interviews with the owners, interviews with the dog, and comments from the rescue squad. The story has a happy ending. As the owner…
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Corinthiaka
The latest Corinthiaka appearing in my google alerts and blog subscriptions The American School of Classical Studies has posted a save-the-date for a C.K. Williams lecture on Corinth next may. From Athens News: Wildfires in Achaia, Corinth A new Corinth entry published in About.com that could be expanded to incorporate more archaeological evidence. The best…
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