Zea Harbour Project

The Zea Harbour Project combines land and underwater archaeology to obtain a full picture of the ancient Zea and Mounichia Harbours in the Piraeus, Greece. Learn more about us.

Underwater Archaeology

Land Archaeology

Land Archaeology

Zea and Mounichia Harbours

Underwater Archaeology

 

Zea Harbour Project

Currently the primary focus of the project is the newly discovered shipsheds in the northern side of Mounichia Harbour (Modern Mikrolimano) and the ancient harbour fortifications. Learn more.

Team at Harbour

Discovering Shipshed

Discovering underwater

Team at work Underwater

Discovering Shipshed

Discovered Sample

 
‘Volume I’ published

‘Volume I’ published

January 11, 2012: Athens in the Classical period was preeminent because of her naval power. The architectural glories of the Acropolis stood in second place to her naval bases according [...]

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The Art of Harbour Archaeology

The Art of Harbour Archaeology

December 6, 2011: Modern harbours pose a complicated challenge to the underwater archaeologist. Not only is there a lot of marine traffic and anchored ships, but many harbours are also [...]

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‘Combing the seabed’

‘Combing the seabed’

October 27, 2011: This past week we got a perfect weather window, which happened to coincide with the long awaited geophysical survey. Since early on in 2011 we have planned [...]

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A running start

A running start

October 8, 2011 – The 2011 campaign is up and running at full speed. We are working in Mikrolimano, the ancient Mounichia Harbour that in the late 330s BC accommodated [...]

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WELCOME!

WELCOME!

February 16, 2011 ‒ Lectori Salutem! Welcome to the launch of the new Zea Harbour Project (ZHP) website, presenting the past in the present. The new site embodies our motto [...]

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End Game

End Game

Zea Harbour Project 2010 – Week 13: End Game. Fieldwork ended this week on November 30th and it has been a year with findings of epic proportions (fig. 2). We [...]

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A focused sprint

A focused sprint

Zea Harbour Project 2010 -  Week 12: a focused sprint. As this week begun there were seven days of fieldwork left and the to-do-list had a million things on it: [...]

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Time Capsules

Time Capsules

Zea Harbour Project 2010 – Week 11: ‘Time Capsules’. The 2010 season is coming to its end, and we have two weeks of field work left. The main objective this [...]

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In Poseidon’s Realm

In Poseidon's Realm

Zea Harbour Project 2010 – Week 10: In Poseidon’s Realm. This week in Mikrolimano (ancient Mounichia) started out as usual with both the survey team and the excavating team getting [...]

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