Greek Archaeology

To boldly go: Greek exploration from wife-eaters to counting cows Podcast

by Katherine Clarke. Description: Dr Katherine Clarke gives a talk for the Classics Open Day, held on 15th March 2013. It focuses on the roles and features of exploration in Greek literature. Podcast by University of…

Date: 18 July 2022
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek History Greek Resources

The Greeks, Afghanistan, and the Buddha

by Bijan Omrani. Abstract: Omrani describes the extensive cultural diversity present at the Greek-founded cities in Central Asia; Hellenistic, Persian and Indian inputs have been found in the archaeological record, all…

Date: 15 July 2022
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Religion Greek Resources Other Ancient Cultures

From Abortion to Pederasty: Addressing Difficult Topics in the Classics Classroom

Edited by Nancy S. Rabinowitz and Fiona McHardy Abstract: Ancient sources raise a variety of issues—slavery, infanticide, abortion, rape, pederasty, domestic violence, death, sexuality—that may be difficult to discuss…

Date: 27 September 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek Philosophical Writing Latin Comedy/Satire Reception and the Culture Around Classics

Streaming the Past

Abstract: Streaming the Past is a Science Communciation Project by Leiden University and the VALUE Foundation. Funded by a Science Communication grant from the Dutch Science Organisation (NWO), a team of three students…

Date: 15 August 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek History Other Ancient Cultures Persian History Reception and the Culture Around Classics

Why the Whiteness of Archaeology is a Problem

by William White and Catherine Draycott Abstract: Archaeology remains a profession with an overwhelmingly white workforce. Two archaeologists ask why that matters and what can be done about it. Article in Sapiens, 7th…

Date: 15 August 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Resources Reception and the Culture Around Classics Roman Archaeology

Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia

By Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BCE) was a vast and complex sociopolitical structure that encompassed much of modern-day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Classical Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek History

Miletos, the Ornament of Ionia: A History of the City to 400 B.C.E.

By Vanessa B. Gorman Situated on the southwest coast of modern Turkey, Miletos stood for centuries as one of the paramount cities in the Hellenic world, a gateway between the East and West. It became especially famous…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek History Greek Resources Persian History

Skeletal Evidence for the Impact of Battle on Soldiers

By Maria Liston Abstract: Few battle cemeteries have been excavated and those that have been were, for the most part, dug before skeletal biology was a part of Mediterranean archaeology. In the Athenian Agora…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek History Greek Resources Imperial History

Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game: Revisited From the Literary Tradition

By Lucia Romero Mariscal Argues that the scenes of Ajax and Achilles playing dice on Attic pottery should be interpreted in relation to epic traditions. Published in The Classical Quarterly, vol. 61, pp.394–401,…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek Epic Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

“Reading” Greek Death: To the End of the Classical Period

By Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood Abstract: The author sheds new light on aspects of the beliefs, attitudes, and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical…

Date: 13 July 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek Religion Greek Resources

Category: Greek Archaeology