Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat?
Byzantine (9th c. CE?) hypothetical Phagrou supposed·Byzantine·🇬🇷 Aegean, Thasos–Kavala, Phagrou islet wreck near Nestos mouth, Greece
About
About Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat?
Phagrou provisional. Recorded context — Period: Byzantine (9th c. CE?) hypothetical Phagrou supposed; Culture: Byzantine; Field status: unexcavated; Materials: amphora; Condition: surveyed.
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Why it mattersKey Byzantine submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 900 CE
- Period
- Byzantine (9th c. CE?) hypothetical Phagrou supposed
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Purpose
- Byzantine coastal vessel hypothesized 9th c.
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1970
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 900 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat?
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat?
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat?
On the ground
Structures & features
40.8900° N · 24.7100° E · -20 m · 4 mapped features
- Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — hydraulic feature40.8916° N · 24.7082° E
- Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — Wall Annex 2wallwall at Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — hydraulic feature40.8882° N · 24.7097° E
- Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — Southern Templetempletemple at Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — primary structure40.8905° N · 24.7093° E
- Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — Eastern Harbourharbourharbour at Phagrou Wreck — Byzantine Smyrna Sea Defeat? — subsidiary complex40.8919° N · 24.7110° E