Tiryns Dam
The Tiryns Dam ( Greek Φράγμα της Τίρυνθας ), actually Kofini Dam , is a dam that was built in the Mycenaean period. It is located about 900 m north of Agios Adrianos , 2 km east of Nea Tiryntha and 4 km east of the Mycenaean castle of Tiryns . It was used to divert the Lakissa River .
history
Until the beginning of the 12th century BC The Lakissa , coming from the east, flowed north of the Profitis Ilias hill and about 1 km further west and south of the castle of Tiryns. A mudslide, possibly triggered by an earthquake, buried the settlement around 1190/80 BC. BC (at the end of the Late Helladic III B2), which was south of the castle. The mud deposition changed the course of the river, which now flowed north of Tiryns.
Presumably to prevent another catastrophe, the Lakissa was redirected a short time later (in the late Helladic III C early). For this purpose, a 1.5 km long canal was dug from the old river bed in a south-westerly direction about 4 km east of Tiryns, just behind the confluence of two streams in the Lakissa. Here the canal met west of today's village of Ag. Adrianos on the river bed of the Manessi. This flowed first south of the Profitis Ilias hill and then north of the Agia Kyriaki hill and flowed about 1.5 km south of Tiryns into the Argolic Gulf . The old river bed was closed with a 10 m high and 300 m long dam.
Web links
- Joseph Maran : Light on a Dark Century . In: Ruperto Carola. Research at Heidelberg University. Issue 2, 2002.
- Tiryns dam at itia.ntua.gr
literature
- Pierre-Louis Viollet: Water Engineering in Ancient Civilizations: 5,000 Years of History . 2007, ISBN 978-0-203-37531-0 , pp. 92-95 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Eberhard Zangger : Atlantis. A legend is being deciphered . 1996, ISBN 3-86047-171-6 , pp. 118-127 .
Coordinates: 37 ° 36 ′ 29.3 " N , 22 ° 50 ′ 37.1" E