Qualla: Kechries https://qualla.com/kechries en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:40:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/kechries-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Kechries https://qualla.com/kechries Kechries: Introduction https://qualla.com/kechries/ Photo credit George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0. In the Acts of the Apostles, Paul shaved his head at Kenchreai before sailing east — a Nazirite vow fulfilled at the water's edge of a busy Roman port. The harbour he departed from once received merchant ships from the Aegean, the Near East, and Egypt, their cargoes crossing the isthmus by road to reach Corinth's western harbour on the other sea. Today the village of Kechries has 319 residents. Parts of the ancient harbour are sunk beneath the Saronic Gulf, visible only to divers. What the water preserved, and what archaeologists recovered between 1962 and 1969, turned out to be extraordinary.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/kechries-wp/sw8r-kechries-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kechries: Rome's Eastern Gate https://qualla.com/kechries/ Photo credit M, Public domain. Kenchreai sat at the eastern end of one of the ancient world's great commercial shortcuts. Ships from Alexandria, Antioch, and the Aegean islands arrived here laden with grain, textiles, and luxury goods; their cargo was offloaded and dragged overland across the isthmus on the st...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/kechries-wp/sw8r-kechries-romes-eastern-gate.mp3 0:06 2 full Kechries: Crates Waiting to Be Opened https://qualla.com/kechries/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. When an American School of Classical Studies team led by Robert Scranton excavated the harbour between 1962 and 1969, they found the warehouses, fishtanks, mosaic pavements, and monumental marble-clad complexes that Pausanias and common sense both predicted. But the single most r...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/kechries-wp/sw8r-kechries-crates-waiting-to-be-opened.mp3 0:06 3 full Kechries: The Apostle's Departure https://qualla.com/kechries/ Photo credit ulrichstill, CC BY-SA 2.0 de. Paul came to Corinth around AD 50 and stayed for approximately eighteen months, establishing a congregation that would receive at least two of his surviving letters. When he finally left, he sailed from Kenchreai — taking the eastern sea route toward Syria, with Priscilla and Aqu...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/kechries-wp/sw8r-kechries-the-apostles-departure.mp3 0:06 4 full Kechries: The Koutsongila Ridge https://qualla.com/kechries/ Photo credit M, Public domain. Since 2002, joint excavations by the American School of Classical Studies and the Greek Ministry of Culture have explored the low coastal ridge immediately north of the harbour, called Koutsongila. The investigations revealed a vast cemetery of Early Roman chamber tombs, Early By...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/kechries-wp/sw8r-kechries-the-koutsongila-ridge.mp3 0:06 5 full Kechries: Beneath the Surface https://qualla.com/kechries/ Photo credit Davide Mauro, CC BY-SA 4.0. The ancient harbour infrastructure is now partly submerged, drowned by the slow subsidence of the coastline that has claimed many ancient Greek ports around the Aegean. Diving archaeologists have mapped harbour walls and mole structures beneath the Saronic Gulf. What remains abov...

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