The Peloponnese...

is so beautiful! The snow-covered mountains and shoreline are unbelievable. We had a very interesting visit to Corinth where we were led by Corinth’s director of excavation, Guy Sanders. In Sanders’ approach to archaeology, he does not focus nearly as much on major events and productions. Our tour with Sanders at Corinth contrasted sharply with that at the Athenian Agora with John Camp. During our tour of the Agora, Camp focused on the architecture of the Agora and major events which occurred there, such as the trial of Socrates. Instead of discussing these famous events and productions, Sanders told us extensively about individual skeletons he has found and analyzed and what can be inferred about these individuals’ lives, deaths, and diets from their muscle and bone formations. He hardly mentioned the Temple of Apollo or Corinth’s prominence in the history of Christianity.