Archaeology and Humanities

Ancient Greek is one of the basic languages through the centuries. It is not only due to its (linguistic and mental) relationship to the European culture, but also because of its diachronic history. The modern world, as we experience it nowadays, has been mainly based on the influence of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.  The earliest documents of the Greek language are dated in the 15th century BC. It is about written records in the syllabic Linear B script, which were imprinted on clay tablets. In 1952, the classicists Michael Ventris and John Chadwick deciphered these texts, which were found during excavations at the Mycenaean palaces, and proved that their language was the ancient Greek. Moreover, modern scholars have discussed that the Homeric texts have been initially written in the Mycenaean dialect. Since the use of the Phoenician alphabet in the 8th century BC, the main Greek idiom, the Attic, has been used to express the necessities of Philosophy, Poetry, Politi...

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An unknown building of the 6th century BC has been discovered right next to the renowned Tholos, which is the most iconic building of Asclepius. According to Professor Vassilis Lamprinoudakis, head of the excavations at ancient Epidaurus, it is about "a sacred building - a forerunner of the Tholos, which was originally the site of Asclepius' worship". The Tholos of Epidauros, 4th c. BC ( © warwick.ac.uk) The building, discovered at a depth of 3 meters, has a rectangular plan and one side reaches five meters (the rest have not yet been excavated) while its height must have reached 2.8 meters. It also had a basement, 2.3 meters high with a corresponding area of ground floor and its floor was paved with small white pebbles while its walls were covered by red mortar. On the ground floor, there was also a pillar of wooden columns, as evidenced by the square stone bases on which they initially  rested. Reconstruction of the early Tholos of anc...

Πλέον μπορείτε να έχετε πρόσβαση σε ολόκληρο το αρχείο του Ιω. Καποδίστρια, ακολουθώντας τον παρακάτω σύνδεσμο:  Ψηφιακό Αρχείο Ιωάννη Καποδίστρια

Το Masterplan Museumsinsel αναλύει λεπτομερώς τον εκσυγχρονισμό του Μουσείου Περγάμου, το οποίο ξεκίνησε το 2013. Η αίθουσα που περιέχει το βωμό του Περγάμου έκλεισε το φθινόπωρο του 2014 και αναμένεται να παραμείνει κλειστή μέχρι το 2024. Με χρηματοδότηση από τον Ομοσπονδιακό Επίτροπο Πολιτισμού για τα Μέσα Μαζικής Ενημέρωσης, η Antikensammlung των Staatliche Museen (Συλλογή Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων) έχει συνεργαστεί με την Fraunhofer IGD, εταιρεία εμπειρογνωμόνων της οπτικής πληροφορικής, για να δημιουργήσει μια περίπλοκη 3D σάρωση αυτού του αριστουργηματικού έργου της ελληνιστικής τέχνης, ηλικίας περί  των 2.180 ετών. Αυτή η σάρωση αποτελεί τη βάση για το 3D μοντέλο του Βωμού της Περγάμου.  Από τη σάρωση με λέιζερ έως το μοντέλο 3D Η διαδικασία σάρωσης πραγματοποιήθηκε σε διάστημα δύο εβδομάδων πριν από το κλείσιμο της αίθουσας υπό την ηγεσία του Pedro Santos, επικεφαλής του Τμήματος Ψηφιοποίησης Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς στο Fraunhofer IGD. Κατά τη διάρκεια της πρώτης ...

Pergamonaltar, Detail Gigantenfries / Ostfries, Geometrierekonstruktion mit Oberflächentextur  © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Urheber: Fraunhofer IGD Zurück Vor The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου ) is a monumental construction built during the reign of king Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient Greek city of Pergamon in Asia Minor. The structure is 35.64 metres wide and 33.4 metres deep; the front stairway alone is almost 20 metres wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. There is a second, smaller and less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surround the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the stairs. In a set of consecutive scenes, it depicts events from the life of Telephus, legendary fou...

Antigone is an ancient tragedy of Sophocles, most likely presented in the Great Dionysia of 441 BC. Its subject comes from the ancient city Thebes, from which Sophocles drew material for two of his other tragedies, Oedipus Rex  and Oedipus at Colonos .  The fictional events of Antigone are later chronological than those of the two Oedipus-tragedies, but Antigone was introduced before them. Her subject is Antigone's attempt to bury the second of her two dead brothers, Polyneikes, despite Creon's (king of Thebes) contrary command, putting the honor of the gods and her brother's love above human laws. Antigone is Sophocles' second oldest surviving tragedy, after Ajax. The movie appeared on 22nd of January, 1961 and is remarkable for the accurate sceneries and the renown actors, such as Irene Papas, Manos Katrakis, Maro Kontou and others

The Battle of Basing was a victory of a Danish Viking army over the West Saxons at the royal estate of Basing in Hampshire on about 22 January 871. Old Basing, Hampshire The Street, looking north to the railway bridge St Mary’s church, Old Basing, Hampshire Was the Battle of Basing between the Saxons and the Vikings fought near here? In late December 870 the Vikings invaded Wessex and occupied Reading. Several battles followed in quick succession, Englefield, a West Saxon victory, Reading, a Viking victory and Ashdown on about 8 January, a West Saxon victory. Two weeks later, King Æthelred and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great, were defeated at Basing. There was then a lull of two months until the Battle of Meretun, when the Vikings again prevailed. Soon after Easter, which fell on 15 April in that year, Æthelred died and was succeeded by Alfred.[2] The Battle of Basing can be dated because Bishop Heahmund of Sherborne died in the Battle of Me...

Introduction Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War. It stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. Douglas, whose company Bryna Productions was producing the film, removed original director Anthony Mann after the first week of shooting. Kubrick, with whom Douglas had worked before, was brought on board to take over direction. It was the only film directed by Kubrick where he did not have complete artistic control. Scree...

                                                                ©  gr.pinterest.com Το μαυσωλείο του Αυγούστου ( Mausoleo di Augusto ) είναι το μνημειώδες ταφικό κτήριο  του πρώτου Ρωμαίου αυτοκράτορα, Οκταβιανού Αυγούστου και της οικογένειας του. Πρόκειται για ένα από τα πρώτα έργα που ξεκίνησε ο Αύγουστος στην πόλη της Ρώμης μετά τη νίκη του στη μάχη του Ακτίου το 31 π.Χ. Αποτελείται από ομόκεντρους δακτυλίους και περίβολο φυτευμένο με κυπαρίσσια. Ολόκληρη η δομή καλύφθηκε (πιθανώς, καθώς οι ανακατασκευές είναι βέβαιες στην καλύτερη περίπτωση) από μια κωνική στέγη και ένα τεράστιο χάλκινο άγαλμα του Αυγούστου. Το κτίσμα, κυκλικής κάτοψης, βρίσκεται στο Campus Martius (σημερινή Piazza Augusto Imperatore) στη Ρώμη της Ιταλίας, σε μικρή απόσταση από τον ποταμό Τίβερη και χρονολογείται περί το 28 π.Χ.  Το...

©  gr.pinterest.com The Mausoleum of Augustus (Italian: Mausoleo di Augusto) is a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The mausoleum is located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, near the corner with Via di Ripetta as it runs along the Tiber. The grounds cover an area equivalent to a few city blocks nestled between the church of San Carlo al Corso and the Museum of the Ara Pacis. The mausoleum is currently in the process of a restoration, upon which it will open to the public. The Mausoleum of Augustus was actually one of the first of many large building projects undertaken in the reign of Rome's first emperor. When the Mausoleum was completed in 28 BCE, it was easily the biggest tomb in the Roman world, a record it held throughout the Roman period. Now a ruin situated in Piazza Augusto Imperatore near the river Tiber, this once magnificent circular edifice stood around 45 metres high and almost 90 metres in d...

Near the small village Vastas in the prefecture of Arcadia, there is the miraculous chapel of Saint Theodora, located in a verdant idyllic creek with dense oak forest.  The journey to Agia Theodora Vasta also compensates the visitor, since the scenery is idyllic. As one approaches the hum of the waters gushing from the foundations of the small church, it is heard more and more intensely, causing the visitor to awe in front of the spectacle he finally sees. The chapel is characterized as a natural miracle because of 17 small oak trees that exist on the roof,  the roots of which are nowhere to be seen, and a small flows from its foundations.  There are several beliefs about the historical truth. One theory holds that St. Theodora was Augustus Theodora, daughter of Emperor Constantine VIII of the Macedonian dynasty, who is said to have ruled as a man from 1055 to 1056. Augustus Theodora according to Michael II's claims by Michael II with a movement she be...

    Irene Papas (or Pappas) (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά, romanized: Eiríni Pappá; born 3 September 1929) is a retired Greek actress and singer, who has starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She became famous in Greece, and then an international star of feature films such as The Guns of Navarone and Zorba the Greek. She was a powerful presence as a Greek heroine in films including The Trojan Women and Iphigenia. She played the eponymous parts in Antigone (1961) and Electra (1962).     Papas won Best Actress awards in 1961 at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and in 1971 from the National Board of Review for The Trojan Women. She received career awards in 1993, the Golden Arrow Award at Hamptons International Film Festival, and in 2009, the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale. Her actual name was Irene Lelekou, or Rhinula (LIttle Irene). She was born on September 3, 1926, in a village that had nothing to do with everyth...