ABSTRACT

Kenchreai, the eastern port of Corinth, is one of the most famed submerged archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. The site was extensively excavated in the 1960s, and a resurgence of archaeological fieldwork has occurred since the mid 1990s.1 During the early excavations, Robert Scranton discovered that many of the harbor-side facilities seem to have subsided, and he interpreted this to have occurred during an earthquake. The structures were subsequently abandoned, and a unique series of archaeological finds emerged from within, including over 100 glass opus sectile panels-an art form previously known only from a few scattered fragments.