Welcome to our new website
The Odysseus Unbound project has seen some major developments in 2017 and we’re moving forward with renewed vigour… Read More
Field Work Summer 2017
Our teams of geophysics researchers have been busy again this summer gathering more data to validate the Odysseus Unbound theory… Read More
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There are many ways you can stay updated and become involved in the Odysseus Unbound project… Read More
Geoscience 2011-2014
The geoscience has revealed a complex geo-tectonic and geological landscape beneath the Thinia valley, the isthmus connecting the western peninsula of Paliki with the rest of Kefalonia. It suggests the massive rotational slump of a huge section of the eastern mountainside uplifted the former marine channel by over 100 metres. Now the question is – when?… Read More
Locating Ithaca: Continuing the Search
SEG Leading Edge August 2012
During 2008-2011, the project sponsors Fugro carried out extensive geophysical research on the Thinia isthmus of Kefalonia to unveil the underlying geology of this tectonically active area… Read More
Interim Research Summary 2011
In 2011, the project sponsors Fugro performed land-based shallow drilling using a small mobile rig to obtain continuous rock-cores from a number of locations in Kefalonia, mainly in the Thinia valley… Read More
Coring for Ithaca
Geoscientist: December 2010
Adler deWind reports from the Greek island of Kefalonia on progress towards proving – or disproving – the theory that the Paliki Peninsula was once separated from the main island and was the true geographical location of Homer’s Ithaca… Read More