Aegina Kolonna – Bronze Age Harbour Town Submerged at Kolonna
aegina-kolonna-harbour
Early Bronze to Mycenaean (3200–1100 BCE harbour)·Early Helladic / Minoanizing / Mycenaean· Saronic Islands, Aegina Island, Kolonna cape, GR
About
About Aegina Kolonna – Bronze Age Harbour Town Submerged at Kolonna
Early Helladic–Mycenaean fortified harbour town (3200–1100 BCE) on Kolonna cape – Early Bronze corridor houses, Minoanizing Middle Helladic shaft graves, Mycenaean harbour mole. Town wall, mole 2 m down on Saronic. German Welter & Niemeier excavations. Mole 100 m at –2 m due to Saronic fault subsidence 2 m.
Why it mattersVerified harbour subsidence/silting marker for Mediterranean sea-level curves.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Harbour mole phasing
Theories
- 01Steady subsidence not quake
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Early
- Period
- Early Bronze to Mycenaean (3200–1100 BCE harbour)
- Culture
- Early Helladic / Minoanizing / Mycenaean
- Builders
- Early Helladic
- Purpose
- Early Bronze Saronic harbour — Kolonna fortified town whose mole now 2 m under Aegina Bay.
- Abandoned
- Abandoned
- Rediscovered
- Survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
Earl
Harbour peak
On the ground
Structures & features
37.7510° N · 23.4240° E · -2 m · 1 mapped feature
aegina-kolonna-harbour harbour mole
harbourMole at -2 m
37.7510° N · 23.4240° E