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ABSTRACT: This documentary response sheet contains a series of 112 sequential questions drawn from the video, PBS: Helen of Troy (115 minutes; presented by Bettany Hughes). The documentary examines what we know about Helen of Troy from... more
Modern visitors to Mycenae, which will include many classicists, are likely to wonder in amazement at the enormous stone blocks which were piled up to construct the enclosure walls, and may well pause at the Lion Gate to imagine Agamemnon... more
Lin. A (Norway) we-tu-na-ma-ti : εὐθυνάματι ‘(an offering) to the direct current’
SUMMARY: Lecture 15 provides coverage on the art, architecture, state, administration, and economy of the Late Bronze Age Mycenaeans, and a discussion of the presumed Mycenaean takeover or domination of Crete (Minoans); the Minoan... more
The wish to organize the symposium Constructing Power, on which the present volume is based, arose from the insight that not only in the archeological disciplines, but also in the social and cultural sciences in general, there still are... more
Kratos & Krater, the Bronze Age Antecedents, excerpts and adapts material from Kratos & Krater: Reconstructing Athenian Protohistory, Oxford 2017, to concentrate on the roots of the theme of Kratos & Krater in the preceding Greek Bronze... more
En este trabajo, nos planteamos descifrar quiénes eran estas deidades femeninas del mundo micénico, qué importancia tenían y qué vinculación tuvieron con las divinidades del mundo griego posterior. Un área poco explorada por los... more
Mycenae culture became due to its own merits, the most important one in continental Greece for more than four centuries all along the II Millennium B.C. Its commercial importance due to the fact they took advantage of the minoans exchange... more
Tra tecniche e ideologia (Catania, 25 novembre 2009)
This work focuses on the relations of dominance as they are demonstrated in the Linear B archives of Mainland Greece (Pylos, Tiryns, Mycenae, and Thebes) and discusses whether the social status of the "slave" can be ascribed to any social... more
This paper analyzes the different types of corbelled vaults in Hittite and Mycenaean fortification architecture and the purposes for which they were used. Further, the paper will show, that the corbelled vault is a Hittite innovation in... more
detailed study of the inscribed faience plaques found at Mycenae
This paper examines the representations of the objects brought by the Aegean emissaries depicted in the foreigners’ procession scene in the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71). Through comparison of the depicted objects with the ones found in the... more
In the summers of 1952 and 1953, during the excavation of Grave Circle B at Mycenae, Ioannis Papadimitriou located and excavated an early Mycenaean chamber tomb, that remained until now unpublished. Its position and finds preserve... more
The recent discovery of a large fragment belonging to the massive stone throne of the palace at Mycenae—the only Mycenaean throne found so far on the Greek mainland—triggered an intriguing process of identification and reconstruction that... more
The 'golden' Homeric city of Mycenae, in Greek Tragedy, is one of the most tragic cities, covered in blood, devasted by murder, pain, deception, injustice... But memory of the ancient epic brilliance can be felt, and, if we look... more
Recent discoveries and research results ΥΠΟΥρΓΕιΟ ΠΟΛιτιΣΜΟΥ και αΘΛΗτιΣΜΟΥ ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΕΦΟΡΕΙΑ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΩΝ ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΡΥΤΑΝΙΑΣ MinisTrY oF cULTUre and sPorTs GENERAL DIRECTΟRΑΤΕ OF... more
Since the beginning of archaeological exploration on Crete, agricultural storage has attracted a great deal of scholarly interest. The discovery of several palaces on the island has provided a range of evidence concerning storage: the... more
This thesis investigates differences and similarities in the funerary material of Late Bronze Age Cyprus in order to answer questions about a possible uniqueness of the pit/well tombs at the Late Bronze Age harbour city of Hala Sultan... more
Η μελέτη αυτή πραγματεύεται την οργάνωση και αίσθηση του χώρου κατά την Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού στην Αργολίδα, με κύριο αναλυτικό εργαλείο τη χρήση Συστημάτων Γεωγραφικών Πληροφοριών. Στόχος της είναι να ανιχνεύσει το βαθμό στον οποίο η... more
The aim of this paper is to identify the functional role urban shrines played within the palatial societies based on topography and spatial organization. In addition the evidence from the postpalatial period will be analyzed in order to... more
An interdisciplinary model of the Indo-European homeland and the roots of Greek civilization
SUMMARY: Lecture 14 provides an overview of the Middle Helladic through Late Helladic societies in mainland Greece, with a progression from "Big Men" (tribal societies) to chiefdoms, and eventally to various kingdoms emerging via palace... more
Η γεωφυσική έρευνα στα άνδηρα νοτίως της ακροπόλεως (2003-2012) και η συστηματική ανασκαφή του οικισμού εκτός των τειχών (2007-2011) έχουν αλλάξει δραστικά την εικόνα των Μυκηνών την τελευταία δεκαετία. Η συστηματική γεωφυσική έρευνα και... more
ABSTRACT: This documentary response sheet contains a series of sequential questions drawn from the video, BBC: In Search of the Trojan War, episode 6: The Fall of Troy (shown in-class; also available online via... more
Τα χάλκινα ξίφη και εγχειρίδια της Εποχής του Χαλκού στο Αιγαίο ανήκουν στα εντυπωσιακότερα ευρήματα αυτής της περιόδου, όσον αφορά την τεχνοτροπία και τον πλούτο των υλικών τους. Η ερμηνεία της χρήσης τους ποικίλει από τον καθαρά... more
Δυο μικρά άρθρα στα ελληνικά και ιταλικά για την on line φωτογραφική έκθεση του Museum of Classical Archaeology αφιερωμένη στον Robert McCabe. Οι 200 αναλογικές φωτογραφίες αναφέρονται στο 1955, όταν ο Robert McCabe επισκέπτεται τις... more
A persistent issue with the study of Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1100 BCE) chamber tombs in Mainland Greece remains our limited understanding of the factors that governed the choice of location for their construction. Mee and Cavanagh... more
"For the reconstruction of the military Mycenaean world scarcely we possess the information extracted from diverse slats written in Linear B, as well as the remains of some pictorial representations and scanty archaeological remains... more
This paper uses Driessen’ s concept of ‘crisis architecture’ to explore a particular case study that demonstrates the response of the community at Mycenae to a probable earthquake that took place during the Late Bronze Age Palatial... more