Follow up on Helike:
http://www.helikeproject.gr/
http://www.helikeproject.gr/
Quote:The discovery of the 373 BC destruction layer. In the area of Rizomylos, about 300 m southeast of the previously discovered Early Helladic settlement, the team located and revealed an impressive destruction layer consisting of cobblestones from destroyed walls, large clay roof tiles and pottery dated to the Classical period. The discovery of a Classical destruction layer at this place in the Helike plain is in good agreement with ancient reports on the 373 BC earthquake effects and Helike's location in the coastal plain, at a distance of 12 stadia (about 2 km) from the sea according to the philosopher Herakleides of Pontos, a source contemporary with the catastrophic event. This is the first time that remnants most probably associated with the destruction layer of the long sought famous 373 BC earthquake are found in the Helike plain since the late Greek archaeologist Spyros Marinatos began his efforts to locate them in the middle of past century.
