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Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-6738860399541603512010-04-09T12:37:00.000+03:002010-04-09T12:38:51.101+03:00Theoretical Archaeology Seminar at AthensThe next <a href="http://archtheory.wordpress.com/">Theoretical Archaeology Seminar at Athens</a> is entitled "Mortuary Practices and Society".<br /><br />The Seminar is taking place at 6.30pm, 15th of April 2010 at the Irish<br />Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens (51a Notara Street, Exarcheia).<br /><br />If interested in participating, please email the IIHSA (iihsa@hol.gr) to<br />request the suggested and recommended reading list.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-48228832343348109502009-11-20T14:47:00.001+02:002009-11-20T14:49:51.997+02:00'Diazoma' AssociationSource: <a href="http://www.diazoma.gr/index.php?lang=en">Diazoma</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">‘DIAZOMA’ is a movement of active citizens from all over Greece, who are determined to put our esteem for the country’s monuments and cultural heritage into practice.<br /><br />Ancient theatres are the focus of our interest and our aim is to enhance them, to find funding and, wherever feasible, to include these monuments in the daily life of Greece.<br />‘DIAZOMA’ introduces to Greece a new pro-active approach to achieving its aims, which relies on citizens and their actions.<br /><br />Open to all citizens of Greece, ‘DIAZOMA’ seeks to take ancient theatres, this culminating achievement of ancient Greek architecture, under its wing.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-54388378763284865442009-11-17T12:43:00.002+02:002009-11-17T12:46:39.492+02:00Έξωση στο Κέντρο Νεολιθικών Μελετών ΔιρούSource: <a href="http://www.arxaiologia.gr/site/content.php?artid=5729">Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες Online</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Υπό έξωση βρίσκεται το Κέντρο Νεολιθικών Μελετών Διρού, το οποίο έχει δημιουργηθεί για τη μελέτη των ευρημάτων από τις ανασκαφές στα ονομαστά σπήλαια της περιοχής. Αιτία είναι η καθυστέρηση καταβολής ενοικίων ύψους 11.600 ευρώ στον ιδιοκτήτη του ακινήτου στο οποίο στεγάζεται το κέντρο. Η αγωγή εξώσεως εκδικάζεται στο Πρωτοδικείο Γυθείου στις 9 Δεκεμβρίου και σε περίπτωση που η πολιτεία δεν ευαισθητοποιηθεί εγκαίρως κινδυνεύει να βρεθεί στον δρόμο επιστημονικός εξοπλισμός πολλών χιλιάδων ευρώ, μια βιβλιοθήκη με 4.000 εξειδικευμένα συγγράμματα και πολύτιμα ντοκουμέντα του ανασκαφικού έργου. Το Κέντρο Νεολιθικών Μελετών Διρού στεγάστηκε σε ένα παραδοσιακό μανιάτικο πυργόσπιτο στον Πύργο Διρού Λακωνίας. Όταν όμως το 2006 ο τότε γενικός γραμματέας του ΥΠΠΟ, Χρ. Ζαχόπουλος διέκοψε τα κονδύλια για τις ανασκαφές που γίνονταν στην Αλεπότρυπα, το μέλλον του κατέστη επισφαλές.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-84919540049540639692009-11-11T16:51:00.001+02:002009-11-11T16:55:11.893+02:00British School at Athens: New Website LaunchSource: <a href="http://www.bsa.ac.uk/">The British School at Athens</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />The British School at Athens is proud to announce the launch of its new website. We have redesigned the site from the ground-up to facilitate public access to the latest information about the School from current events, to available awards, to the on-going projects and research taking place at the School. Whether you are a long-time user or a new visitor, we encourage you to explore our reconceived site in order to learn more about our research and activities and the many ways in which you can get involved. Please check back often: the new site is an active directory of our activities in all domains and will be updated regularly.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-59493166511930157252009-11-11T16:44:00.001+02:002009-11-11T16:45:49.049+02:00History In 3-D: Digitally Archived Works Of ArtSource: <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104101537.htm">ScienceDaily</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2009) — If you don't have the time to travel to Florence, you can still see Michelangelo's statue of David on the Internet, revolving in true-to-life 3D around its own axis.<br /><br />This is a preview of what scientists are developing in the European joint project 3D-COFORM. The project aims to digitize the heritage in museums and provide a virtual archive for works of art from all over the world. Vases, ancient spears and even complete temples will be reproduced three-dimensionally.<br /><br />In a few years' time museum visitors will be able to revolve Roman amphorae through 360 degrees on screen, or take off on a virtual flight around a temple. The virtual collection will be especially useful to researchers seeking comparable works by the same artist, or related anthropological artifacts otherwise forgotten in some remote archive.<br /><br />The digital archive will be intelligent, searching for and linking objects stored in its database. For instance, a search for Greek vases from the sixth century BC with at least two handles will retrieve corresponding objects from collections all over the world.<br /><br />3D documentation provides a major advance over the current printed catalogs containing pictures of objects, or written descriptions. A set of 3D data presents the object from all angles, providing information of value to conservators, such as the condition of the surface or a particular color. As the statue of David shows, impressive 3D animations of art objects already exist.<br /><br />"But we are still a long way from being able to sensibly correlate 3D data between different objects," says Dr. André Stork, Head of Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD in Darmstadt and a partner in the 3D-COFORM consortium.<br /><br />Stork and his team are generating 3D models and processing them for the digital archive.<br /><br />"A 3D scan is basically a cloud of measured points. Further processing is required to map the object properly," Stork explains.<br /><br />Researchers are developing calculation specifications to derive the actual object from the measured data. The software must be able to identify specific structures, such as the arms on a statue or columns on a building, as well as recognizing recurring patterns on vases. A virtual presentation also needs to include a true visual image -- a picture of a temple would not be realistic if the shadows cast by its columns were not properly depicted. The research group in Darmstadt is therefore combining various techniques to simulate light effects.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-61024731496693810422009-11-09T10:49:00.001+02:002009-11-09T10:51:34.208+02:00Remains of a Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of the Canaanite palace at Tel KabriSource: <a href="http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=1484">University of Haifa Communications and Media Relations</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, characterized by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others of Aegean style that have been uncovered during earlier seasons at the Canaanite palace in Kabri. “It was, without doubt, a conscious decision made by the city’s rulers who wished to associate with Mediterranean culture and not adopt Syrian and Mesopotamian styles of art like other cities in Canaan did. The Canaanites were living in the Levant and wanted to feel European,” explains Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa, who directed the excavations.</span> <a href="http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=1484">READ FULL STORY</a>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-31459922570489751672009-11-09T10:42:00.002+02:002009-11-09T10:46:02.462+02:00Aegeus – Society of Aegean PrehistoryA new society devoted to Aegean prehistory.<br /><br />Description from the <a href="http://www.aegeussociety.org/">official website</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=169295884914&ref=nf">Facebook group</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Aegeus - Society of Aegean Prehistory was officially established on 30 April 2009 as a non-profit organization with research, cultural and educational objectives.<br /><br />Some of the aims of the Society are:<br /><br />1. The study, research and dissemination of prehistoric archaeology of the Aegean and the neighboring regions; from the Paleolithic until the Early Iron Age, and comparatively with the subsequent eras.<br /><br />2. The strengthening of multidisciplinary collaborations and specializations of archaeology, e.g. bioarchaeology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, etc.<br /><br />3. The promotion of collaborations with other social sciences and humanities (e.g. philology, social anthropology, etc.). </span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-77981447854945702302009-11-05T14:38:00.002+02:002009-11-05T14:42:35.656+02:00Thera tsunamis once again...Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/science/03tsunami.html?_r=2">The New York Times</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />In the Mediterranean, Killer Tsunamis From an Ancient Eruption <br /><br />By WILLIAM J. BROAD<br />Published: November 2, 2009<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that is now Israel and probably other coastal sites, a team of scientists has found.<br /><br />The team, writing in the October issue of Geology, said the new evidence suggested that giant tsunamis from the catastrophic eruption hit “coastal sites across the Eastern Mediterranean littoral.” Tsunamis are giant waves that can crash into shore, rearrange the seabed, inundate vast areas of land and carry terrestrial material out to sea.<br /><br />The region at the time was home to rising civilizations in Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, Phoenicia and Turkey.<br /><br />For decades, scholars have suggested that the giant eruption, just 70 miles from Crete, might have brought about the mysterious collapse of Minoan civilization at the peak of its glory. The remnants of Thera’s eruption today make up a circular archipelago of volcanic Greek isles known as Santorini. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/science/03tsunami.html?_r=2">READ MORE</a>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-2154108702323819902009-11-03T12:30:00.001+02:002009-11-03T12:32:11.086+02:00Theoretical Archaeology Seminar at AthensThe next <a href="http://archtheory.wordpress.com/">Theoretical Archaeology Seminar at Athens</a> is entitled "Imitation in Archaeology".<br /><br />The Seminar is taking place at 6.30pm, 6th November 2009 at the Irish<br />Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens (51a Notara Street, Exarcheia).<br /><br />If interested in participating, please email the IIHSA (iihsa@hol.gr) to<br />request the suggested and recommended reading list.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-46072614698240743362009-03-17T14:09:00.002+02:002009-03-17T14:18:02.363+02:00The Museum of Nauplion ReopensAfter five years of renovation works and a 880,000 Euro bill, the Nauplion Museum opens today its doors to the public. <br /><br />The 2,000 exhibits, amongst them the famous 'Dendra Cuirass', are displayed on the two floors of the building which used to be a Venetian armoury.<br /><br />For more information, take a look <a href="http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh155.jsp?obj_id=3462">here</a>.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-79474050666624705732009-02-04T12:40:00.004+02:002009-02-12T16:13:16.351+02:00Theoretical Archaeology Seminar at AthensI would like to draw your attention to the blog of the <a href="http://archtheory.wordpress.com/">Theoretical Archaeology Seminar at Athens (TASA)</a> (formerly known as the British-Irish Theory Seminars).<br /><br />TASA was founded by a group of young scholars based at Athens, Greece. Its aim is to promote debate and discussion of issues in theoretical archaeology. Each seminar is dedicated to a specific theme and participants are encouraged to do some background reading prior to each meeting.<br /><br />TASA is managed by an organising committee consisting of international scholars and students residing in Athens under the auspices of the British School at Athens and the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-27868526010798969522009-01-30T12:35:00.002+02:002009-01-30T12:38:03.261+02:00An interview with Stephen G MillerSource: <a href="http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A23&aa=1">Athens News</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">A foreign archaeologist in Athens<br /><br />Stephen G Miller, ex-director of excavations at Ancient Nemea, talks to theAthens News about his craft on the occasion of his newly-published children'sbook 'Plato at Olympia'</span></span><br /><br />By Heinrich Hall<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"I CAN'T tell you how gratifying it is to sit in my office, look down at Ancient Nemea and see the busloads coming in, knowing I excavated the site, planted the trees, built the museum..."<br /><br />It is with unconcealed pleasure that Stephen G Miller looks back on his career, 40 years spent between the US and Greece. Former professor of archaeology at Berkeley (1973-2004) and ex-director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (1982-1987), Miller is among the most distinguished foreign archaeologists in Greece. During three decades of excavations, he transformed the site of Ancient Nemea from a rarely visited, poorly understood backwater into a major attraction featuring a partially re-erected temple, well-preserved stadium and excellent museum. In 1996, he revived the Nemean Games. The Modern Games, which trace the footprints of antiquity (in costume), took place for the fourth time last summer.<br /><br />Although Miller has authored dozens of academic publications, his new book Plato at Olympia (Bragiotti Editions, 13 euros) is not one of them. It is a children's book about the famous philosopher Plato as a child striving to become an Olympic athlete. Illustrated with lovely watercolours by the Greek artist Athena Stamatis and told in an accessible, erudite but light-hearted manner, it introduces the reader to ancient Greece and the site of Olympia.<br /><br />What made you choose Greek archaeology as a career?<br /><br />As an undergraduate, I studied Ancient Greek because I wanted to read Plato in his own language. Plato turned out to be my nemesis; his philosophical language was beyond me. When George Mylonas, excavator of Mycenae, visited, he mesmerised me. By the time he left, I wanted to be an archaeologist. It seemed a great combination of outdoor and indoor work. I chose it not really knowing what I was in for. It worked out very well.<br /><br />What was your first experience of Greece?<br /><br />A cheap dinner of lobster in Palaiokastrita, on Corfu, in 1967. I thought it was paradise.<br /><br />Has Greek archaeology changed since then?<br /><br />Then, the basis of classical archaeology was ancient Greek. My Greek has been a tremendous advantage to me: as finds come out of the ground, I can read inscriptions, or graffiti on the stadium tunnel and ancient texts about Nemea. Nowadays, prehistory is a major field, where Ancient Greek is less important.<br /><br />What should change in Greek archaeology?<br /><br />I wish there were more funds available so that the time we spend raising money could be used in outreach to the public.<br /><br />You directed excavations at Nemea for three decades. What were your most important discoveries?<br /><br />The most important physical discovery was the stadium tunnel. It proved that by the 4th century, the Greeks knew to build arches and vaults. The graffiti in the tunnel add a sense of what Greek athletes did while waiting to compete.<br /><br />Even more important is the history. We now know that the Nemean Games took place at Nemea, otherwise uninhabited, during two separate periods - from the early 6th to the late 5th and from the late 4th to the early 3rd century BC - and that the site was destroyed at the end of the 5th century, probably during the Peloponnesian War.<br /><br />What further discoveries at Nemea do you expect?<br /><br />The hippodrome. No ancient hippodrome has been uncovered. We know roughly where it is. The early stadium also needs work. Unlike any other known stadium, it goes back to the 6th century BC.<br /><br />How has Nemea changed since you started working there?<br /><br />In 1973, Ancient Nemea had 400 people, one television set, one automobile, many donkeys and the ubiquitous fresa tilling machine. Now there are 220 people, tractors, cars, telephones and televisions everywhere. In 1973, we had one visitor all summer. The site was three columns, weeds and thistles. Last year, there were over 40,000 visitors.<br /><br />Why did you launch the Modern Nemean Games?<br /><br />For me, the Games are educational, a way for people to feel and touch antiquity. A transformation takes place in the stadium tunnel. People enter the locker room, put on a tunic, walk barefoot through the tunnel and come out in the 4th century BC. For the villagers, they promote Nemea. That's OK with me.<br /><br />In the 1980s, you were director of the ASCSA. Has American archaeology in Greece changed since then?<br /><br />When I was a student, the ASCSA was quite isolated from the other foreign schools and the Greeks. As director, I tried to change that, inviting Greeks to come and use the library. I see with pleasure and pride that the school is more integrated today.<br /><br />Today you are launching Plato at Olympia, a children's book. What's it about?<br /><br />It's about the young Plato, who decides he wants to become an Olympic victor. It follows his development towards that goal and his experience. The basic purpose of the book is to provide an easy way for readers (and not just young readers) to understand Olympia and the Olympic Games, but to do that through the eyes of Plato (at least the Plato I recreated). So, the book's basic purpose is pedagogic. I provide the written sources for all that happens in the book and also pictorial sources. The watercolour drawings that illustrate the book are based, with some exceptions, upon ancient artefacts, vase paintings, statues and reliefs.<br /><br />You divided your time between Greece and the US for 4 decades. Is it still exciting?<br /><br />I have a very good life. Travelling is tiring, but I've never been bored.<br /><br />* Plato at Olympia is available at Eleftheroudakis bookstore in both English and Greek versions </span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-28549383150388740472009-01-21T12:06:00.001+02:002009-01-21T12:08:07.736+02:00From the land of the Golden Fleece : Treasures of Ancient ColchisFrom the <a href="http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?lang=en&id=202010001&sid=711">Benaki Museum</a> website<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This travelling exhibition is being presented to the Greek public for the first time, and introduces, in an impressive manner, the civilisation that developed on the Eastern shores of the Black Sea from the 5th to the 2nd century B.C. The 140 works in the exhibition - which include 100 pieces of jewellery - were found in excavations that took place at Vani, the religious centre of Ancient Colchis (in the west of present day Republic of Georgia).<br /><br />The purpose of the exhibition is both to highlight the strong cultural ties that linked Ancient Greece with Colchis, and to acquaint the Greek public with the brilliant world of the East.<br /><br />The objects in the exhibition belong to the National Museum of Georgia, in Tbilisi.<br /><br />The exhibition has already been shown in major museums in Europe and the United States, including the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin; the Musée des Arts Asiatiques, Nice; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; the New York University Institute for the Study of the Ancient World; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and is currently hosted by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, until January 4th, 2009.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-43248377623512620542009-01-21T11:22:00.003+02:002009-01-21T11:26:49.045+02:00University of Pennsylvania Museum Researchers PetitionThere is an <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/Penn2009/petition.html">online petition</a> concerning the recent firing of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's 18 Research Specialists in Archaeology.<br /><br />Please DO sign and support the cause and feel free to distribute as widely as possible in the archaeological community.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-18563242552762404012008-12-17T12:56:00.002+02:002008-12-17T13:00:38.581+02:00Virtual tour of DionA must-see website offering an online tour of Dion, the religious centre of Macedonia since the 5th century BC.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ancientdion.org/">Virtual tour of Dion</a>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-60665436540516570042008-12-16T12:34:00.002+02:002008-12-16T12:38:51.615+02:00Early Bronze Age hoard of metal tools found in Northern GreeceSource: <a href="http://www.sparta.markoulakispublications.org.uk/index.php?id=210">Markoulakis Publications</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">In November 2008, a team of the Ephorate of Underwater and Coastal Antiquities, consisted by the archaeologist George Koutsoyflaki and the divers Athanasios Kouvela and Elias Kouvela, conducted preliminary research in an underwater marine area of Glyfada – Meses, N. Rodopi, for the documentation and allocation of an archaeological area as indicated to the Hellenic Archaeological Service by the resident Athanasios Lykos from Kosmos, Komotini.<br /><br />The submerged area of interest, had been identified during the resident’s free diving who uncovered and collected two samples of small copper tools which has been delivered to the Museum of Komotini.<br /><br />In the indicated position, at a depth of 3.5 meters and at a distance of 450 meters from the shore, has been discovered a high concentration of copper tools exposed to the underwater conditions. The bulk of the collection consisted of aggregated slag and tools of oxide copper at an area of not more than ten square meters. Additionally, at a short distance from the main material concentration, the team also collected bronze tools which have been moved away from it due to intervention of secondary effects.<br /><br />The first typological analysis of the tools showed that all of these tools dated back at the mid-third millennium BCE. The artifacts have been counted of a total 110 bronze tools and there is an unknown number still trapped within the underwater aggregation. This is the greatest treasure of tools of Early Bronze Age that has so far discovered in Greece and neighboring Balkan countries and it is expected that a thorough study will light the history of metallurgy of that period.<br /><br />Although research in area has not been completed, initial estimates show that the treasure was not related to a wreck, or a village that has been submerged. The small dispersion of tools in place, the way their packaged, the presence of a basket bases and of pots as well as the Stratigraphic measurement that has been made during the survey, showed that the findings probably have been hidden as a treasure gear in a position which during the Early Age Bronze was a rocky coastal area of land.</span><br /><br />Also the <a href="http://www.yppo.gr/2/g22.jsp?obj_id=26491">official press release</a> (in Greek) from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-20898899054411416552008-11-22T19:39:00.002+02:002008-11-22T19:44:24.428+02:001,800-Year-Old Chariot UnearthedSource: AP via <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/1800-year-old-chariot-unearthed/256614">AOL News</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">SOFIA, Bulgaria (Nov. 21) - Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday.<br /><br />"The lavishly ornamented four-wheel chariot dates back to the end of the second century A.D.," Veselin Ignatov told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the site, near the southeastern village of Karanovo.</span><br /><br />Read the rest of the story <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/1800-year-old-chariot-unearthed/256614">here</a>.Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-80858388611717801122008-11-08T19:49:00.002+02:002008-11-08T19:53:43.290+02:00More cool excavation websites<a href="http://www.ancientmessene.gr/en-index.html">Ancient Messene</a><br /><br /><a href="http://extras.ha.uth.gr/zerelia/index.html">Magoula Zerelia</a><br /><br /><a href="http://petrotasurvey.hist-arch.uoi.gr/">Petrota</a>: Surveying Palaeolithic & Neolithic Stone Sources in GreeceIoannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-45695144654710213752008-11-07T11:07:00.002+02:002008-11-07T16:28:35.068+02:00New Egyptology Journal<span style="font-weight:bold;">Egypte Nilotique et Méditérranéenne<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><br />From the journal's <a href="http://recherche.univ-montp3.fr/egyptologie/enim/index.php?page=uk">website</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">ENiM is the first French electronic Journal of Egyptology. ENiM publish works from the research team « Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne », UMR 5140 « Archéologie des Sociétés méditerannéennes » of Cnrs, but the Journal also accepts papers submission from any membership of the International Community of Egyptology.<br /><br />ENiM aims to publish works dealing with all aspects of Ancient Egypt, from the prehistoric times to the Coptic period.<br /><br />ENiM is a totally free Journal; the available papers are easily downloaded online as pdf file format.<br /><br />ENiM is an annual Journal, which collects all the papers published along the year; the final volume is edited at the end of the civil year.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-11838958049255342472008-10-24T11:53:00.001+03:002008-10-24T11:55:16.240+03:00Νεολιθικό σπίτι «αποδεικνύει» επεξεργασία σιτηρών πριν από 6.000 χρόνιαSource: <a href="http://www.tanea.gr/default.asp?pid=2&artid=1405690&ct=4">TA NEA</a><br /><br />By Παρασκευή Κατημερτζή <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ένα αγροτικό σπίτι, ηλικίας 6.000 ετών, με όλο τον οικιακό εξοπλισμό του σε άριστη κατάσταση στη θέση όπου τον άφησαν οι ένοικοι λίγο προτού καταστραφεί από τη φωτιά, ήρθε στο φως στη Σωσάνδρα της Αριδαίας, κοντά στην Πέλλα της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, προσφέροντας πολύτιμες και μοναδικές πληροφορίες για την αρχιτεκτονική και την οργάνωση ενός σπιτιού στο τέλος της νεολιθικής εποχής.<br /><br />Αφορμή για την ανακάλυψη των οικοδομικών λειψάνων ήταν ένα έργο υποδομής, η διάνοιξη της αύλακας του κεντρικού αγωγού μεταφοράς νερού από τη Σωσάνδρα στην Αριδαία. Η ανασκαφή άρχισε τον Μάρτιο και σύντομα αποκαλύφθηκε ένα σχεδόν πλήρες πλέγμα από πασσαλότρυπες που έδωσαν τη μορφή, τη διαρρύθμιση και την οργάνωση της οικοδομής. Είναι ένα ορθογώνιο, πασσαλόπηκτο κτίριο, επιφάνειας 58 τ.μ., με σκελετό από πασσάλους και τοίχους από πλέγμα κλαδιών και καλαμιών που είχαν επαλειφθεί με πηλό. Έχει τριμερή διάρθρωση, με δύο φούρνους ανάμεσα στους οποίους υπάρχει χώρος συγκέντρωσης και επεξεργασίας αγροτικών προϊόντων, είσοδο προς τον Νότο και δάπεδα καλυμμένα με ψαθιά. Οι μυλόπετρες, οι τριπτήρες και οι αποθηκευτικοί λάκκοι που βρέθηκαν μαζί με το πλήθος των πήλινων αγγείων και λίθινων εργαλείων υποδηλώνουν εμμέσως την καλλιέργεια και επεξεργασία των σιτηρών στο τέλος της νεολιθικής εποχής. Το σπάνιο είναι ότι τα ευρήματα έμειναν ανέπαφα μέχρι σήμερα όπως τα άφησαν οι μακρινοί τους ένοικοι.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-10067913880362931252008-10-02T13:25:00.000+03:002008-10-02T13:26:31.079+03:00Μυκηναίος με ξίφος made in ItalySource: <a href="http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=113,id=10273312">enet.gr</a><br /><br />Της Ν. ΚΟΝΤΡΑΡΟΥ-ΡΑΣΣΙΑ<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Με ξίφος εισηγμένο από την Ιταλία πολεμούσε ο Μυκηναίος πολεμιστής της Αμφιλοχίας. Στη διαπίστωση αυτή κατέληξαν χημικοί έπειτα από αναλύσεις δειγμάτων του χάλκινου ξίφους (μήκους 0,94 μ.) που βρέθηκε πέρσι με έναν χρυσό κύληκα και όλη την αρματωσιά του νεκρού σε κιβωτιόσχημο τάφο στη θέση Κουβαρά Φυτειών (ανάμεσα στη λίμνη Αμβρακία και την Αμφιλοχία).<br /><br />Η ανασκαφή έγινε με αφορμή τα έργα για την ευρεία παράκαμψη Αγρινίου, που αποτελεί τμήμα της Ιονίας οδού. Οι αναλύσεις έγιναν σε εξειδικευμένο κέντρο της Αυστρίας, που δημιουργεί ηλεκτρονική βάση δεδομένων για τα μυκηναϊκά ευρήματα. Τα πορίσματα της έρευνας παρουσίασε η προϊσταμένη της ΛΣΤ' Εφορείας Αιτωλοακαρνανίας, Μαρία Γάτση-Σταυροπούλου, στο συνέδριο που οργανώθηκε από τη Νομαρχία Αιτωλοακαρνανίας την περασμένη Παρασκευή στο Μεσολόγγι με θέμα «Η πολιτιστική κληρονομιά της Αιτωλοακαρνανίας. Προστασία και ανάδειξη μέσα από τις τελευταίες έρευνες».<br /><br />Η προέλευση του ξίφους επιβεβαιώνει την επικοινωνία και τις εμπορικές ανταλλαγές που είχαν οι Μυκηναίοι με άλλες χώρες της Μεσογείου. «Τα μέχρι στιγμής στοιχεία χρονολογούν τα ευρήματα αυτού του τάφου στο τέλος του 12ου αι. π.Χ.» μας είπε η αρχαιολόγος, προσθέτοντας όμως ότι το υλικό ακόμη μελετάται και δεν αποκλείεται να διαφοροποιηθεί η χρονολόγηση.<br /><br />Παράλληλα, συντηρούνται τα υπόλοιπα κτερίσματα, όπως ένα μικρότερο χάλκινο ξίφος (μήκους 0,42 μ.) με οστέινη λαβή και ένα μαχαίρι που όμως δεν σώζεται σε καλή κατάσταση. Στον ίδιο τάφο βρέθηκαν μία αιχμή βέλους και μία αιχμή δόρατος, ένας τριποδικός λέβητας που σπανίζει σε μυκηναϊκούς τάφους, αλλά σημαντικότερο θεωρείται ένα ζεύγος χάλκινων περικνημίδων που συναντάται πολύ σπάνια σε ταφές αυτής της εποχής και ιδιαίτερα στη δυτική Ελλάδα.<br /><br />«Ολος ο τάφος αποτέλεσε για μας μεγάλη έκπληξη», τονίζει η έφορος. Σύντομα θα μπουν στον μικροσκόπιο της έρευνας και τα οστά του νεκρού, σε μεγάλο βαθμό αποσαθρωμένα. Δείγμα τους θα δοθεί για μελέτη στην αρχαιολόγο-ανθρωπολόγο Ιωάννα Μουτάφη. Θα περιληφθούν στο μελλοντικό σχεδιασμό παρουσίασης όλων των ευρημάτων του νομού.<br /><br />Τα ευρήματα των τελευταίων χρόνων, σύμφωνα με τον νομάρχη Αιτωλοακαρνανίας Θύμιο Σώκο, που έχει αγκαλιάσει την προσπάθεια της νεοσύστατης ΛΣΤ' ΕΠΚΑ, «μας υποχρεώνουν να ξαναγράψουμε την ιστορία της Αιτωλοακαρνανίας». Και πράγματι αλλάζουν τα δεδομένα αλλά και η εικόνα των ορατών μνημείων, όπως φάνηκε στο συνέδριο.<br /><br />Ο επ. έφορος Αρχαιοτήτων Λάζαρος Κολώνας ανέφερε ότι στο τέλος του έτους ολοκληρώνεται το πρόγραμμα ανάδειξης τριών μεγάλων αρχαιολογικών χώρων: των Οινιάδων, της αρχαίας πόλης της Παλαίρου και του Πλευρώνα. Πλούσια επίσης είναι τα ευρήματα από την ανασκαφική έρευνα των τελευταίων χρόνων: σε ιερό στη θέση Ελληνικό Βελβίνας, στο Σπήλαιο Παλιάμπελα της Βόνιτσας, στο Ακτιο Βόνιτσας και στα Παλιομάνινα. Τέλος, έρχεται στο φως και η βυζαντινή Ναύπακτος.</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-61999590806892958122008-09-30T10:08:00.002+03:002008-09-30T10:17:06.138+03:00SAVE THE ATHENS NEWS!For those of you who are familiar with this newspaper...Please, <span style="font-weight:bold;">do</span> support their cause.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Dear Friends and Colleagues,<br /><br />After nearly 57 years in circulation, the Athens News is under threat of closure. On September 25 it was announced to us by the Lambrakis Press, which has managed this newspaper since it entered the Lambrakis Foundation in 1993, that it will wind up the operation, possibly as early as Friday 3 October.<br /><br />We are currently engaged in an effort to extend that deadline in order to find new investors to take over the title, archive and books. But it is impossible for any serious investor to carry out due diligence and responsibly and formally register their interest to our current owners within a week. We need an extension of at least a month, in which to make contact with the various potential investors currently reviewing our balance sheet and business plan.<br /><br />We feel that a move to pull out the rug from under an independent newspaper which has served the thinking public since 1952 should not stand. We are therefore appealing to you, the community we exist to serve, to write an open letter to our publisher, Christos Lambrakis, under copy to us, appealing for an extension and presenting the case, as you see it, for our continued existence under a new owner.<br /><br />Please send your letters to this email address for publication and forwarding.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />John Psaropoulos<br /><br />Editor </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">LINKS</span><br /><br />http://saveathensnews.wordpress.com/<br /><br />http://apps.new.facebook.com/causes/121552<br /><br />http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?AN001&1 (online petition)Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-10727936056888611962008-09-12T09:47:00.000+03:002008-09-12T09:49:04.775+03:00Greece unearths treasures at Alexander's birthplaceSource: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSLB8540920080911">Reuters</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">ATHENS (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed gold jewellery, weapons and pottery at an ancient burial site near Pella in northern Greece, the birthplace of Alexander the Great, the culture ministry said on Thursday.<br /><br />The excavations at the vast cemetery uncovered 43 graves dating from 650-279 BC which shed light on the early development of the Macedonian kingdom, which had an empire that stretched as far as India under Alexander's conquests.<br /><br />Among the most interesting discoveries were the graves of 20 warriors dating to the late Archaic period, between 580 and 460 BC, the ministry said in a statement.<br /><br />Some were buried in bronze helmets alongside iron swords and knives. Their eyes, mouths and chests were covered in gold foil richly decorated with drawings of lions and other animals symbolizing royal power.<br /><br />"The discovery is rich in historical importance, shedding light on Macedonian culture during the Archaic period," Pavlos Chrysostomou, who headed the eight-year project that investigated a total of 900 graves, told Reuters.<br /><br />Pavlas said the graves confirmed evidence of an ancient Macedonian society organized along militaristic lines and with overseas trade as early as the second half of the seventh century BC.<br /><br />Among the excavated graves, the team also found 11 women from the Archaic period, with gold and bronze necklaces, earrings and broaches.<br /><br />Nine of the graves dated to the late classical or early Hellenistic period, around the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.<br /><br />Alexander, whose father Philip II unified the city states of mainland Greece, conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks before dying at the age of 32 in Babylon. Educated by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, Alexander was never defeated in battle.</span><br /><br />(Reporting by Daniel Flynn and Renee Maltezou; editing by Elizabeth Piper)Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17598492.post-15206597464563170442008-09-12T09:39:00.000+03:002008-09-12T09:40:46.535+03:00Επιστρέφουν στην Ελλάδα 22 αρχαία αντικείμενα που εξήχθησαν παράνομα στην ΟυγγαρίαSource: <a href="http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=937043&lngDtrID=253">in.gr</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Συνολικά 22 αρχαία ελληνικά αντικείμενα που εξήχθησαν παράνομα από τη χώρα μας και που μέχρι σήμερα φιλοξενούνταν στο Μουσείο Καλών Τεχνών της Βουδαπέστης βρίσκουν το δρόμο της επιστροφής στην Ελλάδα, με την ουγγρική κυβέρνηση να αναλαμβάνει όλες τις απαραίτητες διαπραγματεύσεις.<br /><br />Η υπουργός Εξωτερικών, Ντόρα Μπακογιάννη σε συνάντηση που είχε με την Ουγγαρέζα ομόλογό της, Κίνγκα Γκεντζ, μίλησε για την επιστροφή των 22 αρχαίων ελληνικών αντικειμένων από το Μουσείο της Βουδαπέστης, τονίζοντας πως αναπτύσσονται διμερείς σχέσεις μεταξύ των χωρών σε τουριστικό, εμπορικό και πολιτιστικό τομέα.<br /><br />Τα κομμάτια αυτά, όπως εξήγησε η κ. Γκέντζ, αγοράστηκαν από το Μουσείο πριν μερικά χρόνια, αλλά στην πορεία αποκαλύφθηκε ότι αποτελούν προϊόν παράνομης διακίνησης και σύμφωνα με τη συνθήκη της Ουνέσκο «οφείλουμε», όπως είπε, «να τα επιστρέψουμε στην Ελλάδα».<br /><br />Ο υπουργός Πολιτισμού, Μιχάλης Λιάπης, κατά τη διάρκεια των εγκαινίων της έκθεσης φωτογραφίας «Έλληνες στην Ουγγαρία» στην Τεχνόπολη στο Γκάζι, αναφέρθηκε στη συνεργασία Ελλήνων και Ούγγρων, η οποία, όπως δήλωσε, επεκτείνεται περαιτέρω «αφού η κυβέρνηση της Ουγγαρίας προσέρχεται ως συμπαραστάτης μας στον αγώνα για την πάταξη της αρχαιοκαπηλίας και την επιστροφή των αρχαιοτήτων εξετάζοντας το ενδεχόμενο να μας επιστρέψει 22 αρχαία αντικείμενα που σήμερα εκτίθενται στο Μουσείο Καλών Τεχνών της Βουδαπέστης και που εξήχθησαν παράνομα από τη χώρα μας».</span>Ioannis Georganashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01518872613564412132noreply@blogger.com1