Researchers believe that an earthquake and/or a tsunami destroyed the port sometime during the 6th century AD, burying it to history beneath the sea. 

Now, according to a stunning announcement by underwater excavators, co-led by Dr. Bjørn Lovén from Copenhagen University, the famous port has been discovered. 

"Lechaion is one of the most important harbor towns of antiquity, and what makes Lechaion so special is that it had been in virtually continuous use for more than a thousand years from around 600 BC until the late 6th/early 7th century AD," said Lovén. "We hope that we will be able to understand how Lechaion and other harbors developed over this wide span of time." (Photo credit: K. Xenikakis & S. Gesafidis/via Haaretz.com)

As reported in Haaretz, the team of archaeologists discovered the remains of "an early Byzantine pier constructed of six well-preserved wooden caissons, stretching a total of 57 meters in length, and a stone-lined entrance canal to the little-explored Inner Harbor of Lechaion."
 
The caissons, the report noted, "are the first of their kind ever discovered in Greece with their wooden elements still preserved." 

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