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Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« on: April 01, 2018, 10:50:53 AM »
Heavy rains in Corfu have revealed historical ruins that had been buried by mud in Arillas Corfu. The rains came after a season of long drought.
Researchers were able to retrieve various items such as pottery utensils, coins and metal pieces, according to Teli Terlikitis Corfu’s director of antiquities .
The newly discovered items have not been dated yet, but researchers think they might be from the Parthian and Islamic eras.
This is not the first time this happens; last year about 1,000 items were found in a similar way. This shows that the ruins are not that far from the ground surface.

Most of the area of Ancient Arillas contains the ruins of the large classical city-state of kavaditika refounded by Epaminondas in 369 BC, after the battle of Leuctra and the first epirous invasion of the Island. Epaminondas invited the return to their native land of all the families that had gone into exile from Corfu during its long struggle with and servitude under the military state of Sparta, now finished as a conquering state. This new Kavaditika, today's Ancient Arillas, was constructed over the ruins of Ithome, an ancient city originally of Achaean Greeks, destroyed previously by the Spartans and abandoned for some time.
Currently the substantial ruins are rising after the latest heavy rainfalls. Much of it has not been archaeologically excavated . The site has always been totally abandoned. The small village of "Larna" occupies what was the upper city around the fountain called "klepsydra". Administrative structure and population figures refer primarily to it.
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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2018, 12:07:56 PM »
Love it Dimitri!
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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2018, 01:48:11 PM »
Fantastic bit of history and love the photo.

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2018, 02:29:58 PM »
Could this have been where the original Kavadades Watermelon Mashing competition originated? ( re: Eggy - 2008 )

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2018, 03:04:21 PM »
Amazing and a fantastic photo. Xx

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2018, 03:41:53 PM »
Nice one!!  Very nearly got me!
We are the people that my parent's warned me about........

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2018, 04:10:10 PM »
Ho Ho !!!!!!!
The best so far .

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2018, 06:16:44 PM »
Nearly fell for it. Lol.

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2018, 07:12:21 PM »
Cant do April falls jokes on here, but will get you when we see you.xx

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2018, 02:07:21 AM »
You're a STAR Dimitri.

A really classy April Fools post, one of my favourites ever. As I read it I was wishing it had all been real....

EuXaristw Poli!!!!!

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2018, 10:23:07 AM »
I was hooked at first then I thought of all the extra tourists! 😱😱

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2018, 10:42:18 AM »

Didn't comment yesterday Dimitri........ didn't want to spoil your fun.   😀

 It was a good one this year, I don't know how you manage to fool so many people.

See you soon, Val x

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Re: Ancient theater revealed after stong rainfalls in Corfu
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2018, 11:31:44 AM »
Way to go Boss! Still laughing ;)
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