Corinthian Matters

Category: Photos

  • Corinthian Sites in Google Earth and Map

    Yesterday I discussed a number of resources for viewing Corinthian territory from the air.  Some of the same resources also provide incredible views of the archaeological sites of the Corinthia.  This can be especially valuable if you want to view a site from a bird’s eye perspective.  It is possible to capture a photo of…

  • The Corinthia from the Air

    If you hadn’t noticed, views of the Corinthia from the air are increasingly available on the web.  When I first started teaching years ago and wanted to project an image of the Isthmus for a class, I relied on my grainy slide photos taken on flights out of Athens.  But over the last decade, camera…

  • Ano Vayia and Lychnari Tower

    The Saronic coast of the southern Corinthia provides some of the most beautiful views of Corinthian territory.  It also provided for the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey some of its most spectacular finds.  One week spent in the area of Kalamianos near the harbor village of Korphos, for example, led to the discover of a major…

  • Views from Mt. Oneion

    I was twice dragged up to the top of Mt. Oneion, the range that marks the visual southern boundary of the Isthmus.  While Dimitri Nakassis and I were walking survey teams around the plain of the Isthmus in 2000 and 2001, Bill Caraher was driving all over the eastern Corinthia doing “extensive survey” in remote…

  • More Eastern Korinthia Survey Photos: Kromna and Rhyto

    I continue to upload scanned slides from the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey.  Today’s installments include A tomb near the village of Rhytoin the southern Corinthia The site of Kromna between the village of Hexamilia and Kyras Vrysi (Isthmia) Thanks to Cindi Tomes of Messiah College’s Faculty Services for scanning these. Eroded Roman tomb at Kromna.…

  • Sites of the Eastern Korinthia Survey

    I have uploaded more scans of slides form the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey.  These images show areas and sites documented by EKAS between 1999 and 2003.  Some of these, like the quarries, Kromna, and Perdhikaria, were known archaeological sites, and our work documented a new range of activities in the area.  Others like various Roman-Byzantine…

  • Photos of the Eastern Korinthia Survey

    It was unfortunate that I took all of my photos of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey using a camera loaded with print or slide film.  The survey was carried between 1998 and 2003, a time span corresponding with the rapid replacement of film cameras with digital cameras.  We used digital cameras every year of the…

  • Temple of Apollo Photographs at the Benaki Museum

    A recent article from the Greek Reporter highlights the photographic exhibition of James Robertson at the Benaki Museum: James Robertson was one of the first prominent traveler-photographers to depict scenes of mid-nineteenth century Greece. Of Scottish descent, he has been identified as the engraver James Robertson, who worked in London around 1830. He first settled…

  • In the Steps of Pausanias (Photo Gallery)

    I recently stumbled across a gallery of digital images called “In the Steps of Pausanias: In Korinthia,” which contains about 500 images related to Korinthiaka.  The gallery appears to be growing.  This is not your typical “I went to Ancient Corinth and took lots of photos” photo gallery but rather contains images of the sites and…

  • Friday Photo Gallery – Views from Acrocorinth

    I recently received a request by email for some high-resolution images of the Corinthia.  I have taken about 5,000 photos of the Corinthia over the last several years and will be uploading some of my digital image collection to the photo gallery section of this website.  I’ll start with some of the views of the…