Zea Harbour Project

Project - Research History - Graser

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In 1872 Graser was the first to investigate the submerged parts of the Zea ship-sheds. In three days, working in ankle-deep water, he surveyed remains of 41 presumed ship-sheds in Zea and nine in Mounychia (the smallest naval harbour in the Piraeus).

He reported that the slipways continue underwater ‘as far as the eye can see’. Later research has been skeptical about his investigation, but seen in the light of the recent underwater investigations of Zea Harbour, it is very likely that he did find many ship-sheds in Mounychia and Zea.

Further reading:
B. Graser, Meine messungen in den altathenischen Kriegshäfen, Philologus XXXI, p. 1-65. (Göttingen 1872)