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Archaeology. Ancient Art. Cultural Heritage. Finding beauty and inspiration in the ancient world.

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The Lost Sister (and Other Tales of Separation)

Mar 13, 2025

Echoes of Pausanias: House of Mosaics, Eretria (Evvia, Greece)

Sep 3, 2024

My Life in (is?) Museums: Anthesteria Festival

Feb 11, 2025

Tales of Separation: Bronze Griffin, Olympia

May 29, 2025

Site, Reunited

Site, Reunited: Pompeii, Italy #1 (House of the Surgeon)

Painter at Work fresco, 1st cent. CE, from the House of the Surgeon at Pompeii.

Nov 4, 2025

Tales of Separation: Bronze Griffin, Olympia

Lost, emerged overseas and now back home again: the tale of a 7th cent. BCE bronze griffin head from Olympia, Greece.

May 29, 2025

The Lost Sister (and Other Tales of Separation)

An iconic tale of separation and loss.

Mar 13, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums

My Life in (is?) Museums: The Benaki's Art in Gold Exhibition (Closed June 1/25)

The second of two great exhibitions in Athens this Spring, “Art in Gold, Jewellery in Hellenistic Times” at The Benaki Museum glittered like… well…

Jun 8, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums: Kykladitisses Exhibition (Closes May 4/25)

A must-see exhibition: the Athens Cycladic Museum’s Kykladitisses: Untold Stories of Women in the Cyclades.

Apr 30, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums: Anthesteria Festival

Opening the new wine. A ritual wedding. Drinking contests. Welcoming kids to the community. A day of the dead. The three-day Ancient Greek festival of…

Feb 11, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums: Diadoumenos

The ribbon binder - an athlete tying a victory fillet around his head. A post in honour of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Aug 9, 2024

Echoes of Pausanias

Echoes of Pausanias: Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros, Eretria (Evvia, Greece)

Let’s take a look at the Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros in ancient Eretria on the island of Evvia (Euboea), Greece.

Mar 6, 2025

Echoes of Pausanias: House of Mosaics, Eretria (Evvia, Greece)

Come with me to visit ancient Eretria on the island of Evvia (Euboea), Greece, starting with the amazing House of Mosaics.

Sep 3, 2024

Tales of Separation

Tales of Separation: Bronze Griffin, Olympia

Lost, emerged overseas and now back home again: the tale of a 7th cent. BCE bronze griffin head from Olympia, Greece.

May 29, 2025

The Lost Sister (and Other Tales of Separation)

An iconic tale of separation and loss.

Mar 13, 2025

Colours of Antiquity

Colours of Antiquity: Exhibition Closing Sept 1/24

You have two weeks left to catch the fabulous Antiquity in Colour exhibition at the Gallo-Romeins Museum in Tongeren, Belgium.

Aug 16, 2024

Divine Traces

🗺️ Mapping Artemis: The May Expedition 🗺️

The adventure of documenting and mapping Artemis temples across Greece, the Mediterranean and beyond.

May 25, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums: Anthesteria Festival

Opening the new wine. A ritual wedding. Drinking contests. Welcoming kids to the community. A day of the dead. The three-day Ancient Greek festival of…

Feb 11, 2025

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Site, Reunited: Pompeii, Italy #1 (House of the Surgeon)

Painter at Work fresco, 1st cent. CE, from the House of the Surgeon at Pompeii.

Nov 4, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums: The Benaki's Art in Gold Exhibition (Closed June 1/25)

The second of two great exhibitions in Athens this Spring, “Art in Gold, Jewellery in Hellenistic Times” at The Benaki Museum glittered like… well…

Jun 8, 2025

Tales of Separation: Bronze Griffin, Olympia

Lost, emerged overseas and now back home again: the tale of a 7th cent. BCE bronze griffin head from Olympia, Greece.

May 29, 2025

🗺️ Mapping Artemis: The May Expedition 🗺️

The adventure of documenting and mapping Artemis temples across Greece, the Mediterranean and beyond.

May 25, 2025

My Life in (is?) Museums: Kykladitisses Exhibition (Closes May 4/25)

A must-see exhibition: the Athens Cycladic Museum’s Kykladitisses: Untold Stories of Women in the Cyclades.

Apr 30, 2025

The Lost Sister (and Other Tales of Separation)

An iconic tale of separation and loss.

Mar 13, 2025

Images of Antiquity

Images of Antiquity

Archaeology. Ancient art. Cultural heritage. Finding beauty and inspiration in the ancient world.

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