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Siphai (Tipha)

MegalithicEuropeGreecec. 350 BCEBoeotian Greek

Fortified harbour town of the Boeotian coast — mythical home of Tiphys, pilot of the Argo — whose late-4th-century BC ashlar circuit follows a rocky spine down into the Corinthian Gulf, leaving wall footings and a monumental building partly submerged. Two gates flanked by artillery towers survive, and traces of a protective sea mole lie in the anchorage; the underwater works have never been investigated.

38.1900°, 23.0529°

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