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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...