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AEGEUS NEWS

The Unseen Museum: the “Ring of Theseus”

We would like to cordially thank the curator of the National Archaeological Museum and fellow of Aegeus, Dr Costas Paschalidis for the presentation of the Unseen Museum: the “Ring of Theseus” (on Saturday, 14 March) that he kindly offer to the members and friends of Aegeus.

The Unseen Museum: the “Ring of Theseus”

On Saturday, 14 March, at 12 o’clock, the curator of the National Archaeological Museum Dr Costas Paschalidis will present to the members of Aegeus the Unseen Museem. The Unseen Museum is a new project of the National Archaeological Museum, according to which antiquities selected from the unknown world of the storerooms, one after the other emerge every two months from their secure state of obscurity into the light.

Brendan Burke’s & Bryan Burns’ lecture

We would like to thank cordially Brendan Burke & Bryan Burns for their excellent lecture on the Mycenaean occupation of ancient Eleon, in Boeotia. We would, also, like to give our sincere thanks to the numerous members and friends who attended the lecture.

Welcome to our upgraded website!

It is our great pleasure to present our newly revamped Aegeus website! We hope that this upgrade will make the website more user-friendly, contributing to our joint effort of enhancing and disseminating Aegean prehistoric archaeology.

Peter Tomkins’ lecture

We would like to thank cordially Peter Tomkins for his excellent lecture on ‘Prepalatial’ Knossos. We would, also, like to give our sincere thanks to the numerous members and friends who attended the lecture.

Aegean Studies and Happy New Year!

Aegeus team is very pleased to announce the electronic publication of the first two articles of its new journal Aegean Studies: “Shifting Boundaries: the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean in a new light”, by Iro Mathioudaki and “Sea people, Egypt and the Aegean: the transference of maritime technology in the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron transition (LHIIIB-C)” by Jeffrey Emanuel.

Next Aegean Lecture on 12 December

Aegeus and the Swedish Institute at Athens are happy to invite you to the lecture: ‘Rescue and archaeological research at Kleitos, Kozani: the Neolithic settlement through space and time. The diachronic use of the site' (in Greek) by Christina Ziota (Ephorate of Antiquities of Florina).

The lecture will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Μitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station), on Friday 12 December 2014, 19:00.

Olga Philaniotou’s lecture

We would like to thank cordially Olga Philaniotou for her excellent lecture on the prehistoric settlement of Thermi on Lesbos. We would, also, like to give our sincere thanks to the numerous members and friends who attended the lecture.

Next Aegean Lecture on 14 November

Aegeus and the Swedish Institute at Athens are happy to invite you to the lecture: ‘Thermi, Lesbos 1936-2014' (in Greek), by Olga Philaniotou (Honorary Ephor of Antiquities).

The lecture will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Μitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station), on Friday 14 November 2014, 19:00.

Nicoletta Momigliano’s lecture

We would like to thank cordially Nicoletta Momigliano for her excellent lecture on the "minoanising" evidence from Iasos. We would, also, like to give our sincere thanks to the numerous members and friends who attended the lecture.

Next Aegean Lecture on 17 October

Aegeus and the Swedish Institute at Athens are happy to invite you to the lecture: ‘Iasos and Minoanisation', by Nicoletta Momigliano (University of Bristol).

The lecture will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens (Μitseon 9, Acropolis Metro station), on Friday 17 October 2013, 20:00.

Autumn Aegean Lectures & Lecture of A. Kossyva

Dear members, friends and colleagues,

We are very pleased to announce the programme of our Autumn Lectures, and we invite you to our first lecture that will take place at the Swedish Institute at Athens on September 26 (at 7 pm).

Happy Autumn & upgrade of the Aegeus website!

We would like to inform you that the Aegeus website is under upgrade. The upgrade will be completed by autumn 2014. As a consequence, our website will not be updated, except for the sections LECTURES and NEWS. Also, due to our heavy workload, the next full newsletter will be sent out once the upgrade of the website is completed. Brief notices, however, will continue to be sent via email.

Giorgos Bourogiannis’ lecture

We would like to thank cordially Giorgos Bourogiannis for his excellent lecture on the Ayia Irini sanctuary on Cyprus. We would, also, like to give our sincere thanks to all members and friends who attended the lecture, despite the adverse conditions.