Isthmia & Cenchrae
Isthmia Museum/Cenchrae Greece. At the Isthmian museum there are remains of glass mosaics from underwater excavations that depict the Cenchrae port in 375 AD. Later than St. Paul’s time in Greece, but giving us a glimpse of what the port may have looked like. Archeological work here has confirmed this was an active port beginning late 6th/early 5th century BC. In the 1st century AD the port had temples dedicated to numerous Greek and Roman gods including Apollo, Isis, Poseidon, Pan and Aphrodite. Cenchrae was a busy commercial port with visitors from every part of the Mediterranean world and Asia Minor/Syria.
