Corinth was a city of 750,000 whose golden age was a century before Athens. We toured the ancient roman ruins of which 7 columns still remain of Apollos temple. When Rome sacked ancient Corinth, it had 13 temples. There were 12 main Greek gods. The 13th unnamed God was fertile ground for a humbled Corinth after the Roman conquest to be preached to by the apostle Paul. He originally went to Corinth to preach to the Jews and struggled. He then began preaching to the Gentiles and was successful. Today Corinth is in a rural area and the current Greek economic crisis is visible. The local museum was robbed in the 1930s of many artifacts that were found years later in Miami. The Corinth Chanel was built by Hungarians in the 1880s that saves over 400 miles of travel time going around the Peloponnese peninsula. It is four miles long and only 70 feet wide at its base. It has little economic significance currently because modern ships no longer fit. Mostly tourist ships go through with an average of 11,000 ships per year. What is remarkable about this channel is that it was built at sea level thus removing the need for locks. As a result, it is 300 feet deep and has near-vertical walls.
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