Mood: Interested
NP: Savage Garden - To the Moon & Back
Lerna
Tickets: 2 €, free for students
Time: 1 hour
A few mostly deteriorated ruins and the House of Tiles (protected under the roof of a modern building) make up this site of rubble and legend near the village of Myloi. This is where, according to legend, Hercules killed the Lernaean Hydra as the second of his labors. Lerna was also one of the entrances to the Underworld.
The House of Tiles is from the Early Bronze Age, dating to the Early Helladic period II and built between 2300 and 2200 BC. The two-story building measures 25*12 meters. The walls have stone foundations with a superstructure of unbaked bricks coated in plaster and the floors are covered in fine-grained yellowish clay. Wood was used in the construction of the roof, the ceilings and staircases.
A large number of clay seals found at the House of Tiles were used to seal the contents of boxes and other storage vessels, and their storage here confirms the existence of an early urban system with a central government. The House of Tiles was destroyed by fire in the 22nd century BC.
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