In the Field - Cult Center to Poseidon Recently Discovered in Ancient Greek City

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Reported by ARTnews (also reported by Archaeology Magazine):

Recent excavations at the Greek city of Helike have revealed more about its cult center, according to a release from Greece’s Ministry of Culture.

Helike, located along the southwest shore of the Gulf of Corinth, was destroyed roughly 2,600 years ago when an earthquake and tsunami hit the region and buried the city.

Previous excavations at the site have yielded an an arched temple dating between 710 and 700 BCE, with a brick altar dating between 760 and 750 BCE. The most recent excavations unearthed the remains of two buildings and religious objects.

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Editor’s note - Helike has been a personal passion of mine and because of that, I would like to point out that it was not destroyed 2,600 years ago but closer to 2,400 and in 373 B.C. (according to Steven Soter and Dora Katsonopoulou). The site was still somewhat visible by the time of Pausanias (2nd century A.D.) where he describes seeing the ruined walls in the sea.