- Zea Harbour
Piraeus, Zea Harbour Project. B. Lovén, M.M. Nielsen and I. Sapountzis (DIA/University of Southern Denmark) report on the 2012 season in the harbours of Mikrolimano and Zea. Visual inspection dives, surface cleaning, excavation and digital survey were conducted on submerged ancient remains in three areas of Mounichia Harbour (modern Mikrolimano; Fig. 1): Mounichia Group 1 (M-G1), Shipshed 1: excavation focused on the ramp and side-passage of this shipshed, located in the northern part of...
Piraeus, Zea Harbour Project. B. Lovén, M. Møller Nielsen and I. Sapountzis (DIA/University of Southern Denmark) report on the 2011 season. At Mounichia Harbour, investigations focused on the group of shipsheds (M-G1) on the north side of the harbour basin, and on the harbour fortifications (Fig. 1). Excavation and documentation of the ancient Northern Fortified Mole (M-FM1) was concluded. A number of collapsed large worked limestone blocks were removed from the rubble foundations of...
Zea Harbour Project. B. Lovén and M. Møller Nielsen (DIA/University of Southern Denmark) report on the 2010 campaign in the two ancient naval harbours of the Piraeus: Mounichia (modern Mikrolimano) and Zea (Pashalimani). At Mounichia, investigations focused on shipsheds in the northern and north/northwestern part of the harbour, and on the ancient harbour fortifications, especially the northern ancient fortified mole and the remains of a large square tower (M-T3) in the southern...
Piraeus, 198B Kountouriotou St. (property of E. Alexandridi). K. Axioti (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of another part of Philon’s arsenal. Specifically, three more pillars were found which verify the reconstructed ground plan of the building. S. Demaki supervised the excavation under the direction of K....
En 2005 et 2006, l’Institut danois (B. Lovén), en collaboration avec l’éphorie des antiquités sous-marines (D. Kourkoumélis) et la XXIVe éphorie des antiquités préhistoriques et classiques (S. Michalopoulou), a poursuivi les fouilles et prospections sous-marines et terrestres au port de Zéa. Les travaux ont porté, d’une part, sur les fortifications du port (zones 3 et 4), d’autre part sur les hangars à bateaux (zones 1, 2 et 3) (fig. 1). Ils ont aussi été étendus dans le...
La découverte la plus importante des cinquante dernières années est sans nul doute celle qui a été faite en 1988 à Pacha Limani (ancien port de Zéa), sous la chaussée de la rue de la 2e Mérarchie, entre le carrefour de la rue Koundouriotou et celui de la rue Hypsilandou : là on a mis au jour une portion de la skeuothèque de Philon, construite entre 346 et 329 av. J.-C., édifice dont les dimensions, le plan et les détails architecturaux sont connus depuis un siècle, grâce à la...