Helike

Ancient Helike is on the southwest shore of the Gulf of Corinth near Aigion, about 170 km west of Athens. In searching for the famous Classical city of Helike, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 373 B.C., we discovered(a)the remains of Classical buildings preserving evidence of destruction by tsunami buried under lagoonal sediments(b)a well preserved Early Bronze Age town with large rectilinear buildings including a corridor house, flanking cobbled streets and with intact contents(c)remains of an extensive late Classical-early Hellenistic town including a large complex building of Dye-works(d)a long section of the major Roman road between Corinth and Patras(e)occupation layers rich in pottery of the Mycenaean and Geometric periods(f)late Classical-Hellenistic,Roman and late Byzantine cemeteries(g)remains of an extensive Roman town.