Albania

LEFT The quarried bay side face of Grama. The resulting smooth surface proved an ideal canvas for generations of mariners to inscribe with texts recording their presence.

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Grama Bay: where the Ionian blue begins

Richard Hodges has been following in the wake of generations of mariners by investigating the extraordinary concentration of inscriptions carved into the rock of Grama Bay, Albania.

BELOW The compitum, showing the platform with round altar and pedestal of Aulus Granius, honorific bench, and water basin looking north east. The excavation photograph from 1966 (inset) shows the marble semi circular base for the honorific seat as discovered in situ, in front of Granius’ two monuments.

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Albania and the Death of Pan

Devil or pastoral sprite and mischief-maker, Pan’s presence in the form of the lost sanctuary on Mount Mile lends a new dimension to the god’s story