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Anna Tsoupra, our 2024 petrography intern, received the award for the best online poster at the 8th Symposium in Archaeological Research & New Technologies that took place in Kalamata (Oct 3-5). Anna's poster was based…
Philological Society of Chania, “O Chrystostomos,” announces the 14th International Congress of Cretan Studies
1st CIRCULAR Ladies and gentlemen, At the closing session of the 13th International Congress of Cretan Studies (ICCS), it was decided that the organization of the next 14th ICCS would be undertaken by the Philological…
Celebrating International Archaeology Day
Join us in celebrating International Archaeology Day by supporting the next generation of scholars in our field! Your contributions will directly fund our internships and fellowships at the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete for the year…
Lecture, December 11, 2024: “House Workshops and Artisans’ Quarters at the Early Cycladic II Settlement of Skarkos, on Ios,” Marisa Marthari
The excavations, including those of the last five years, of the flourishing Early Cycladic II settlement, Skarkos II, on the island of Ios, have provided valuable evidence for the craft activities of the Early Cycladic…
Irresistible red mullet, formidable ketos and purple luxury. Fishing in ancient Greece
A talk in Greek by Dimitra Mylona presented by the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory and the Hellenic Open University on 18 Sept 2024. Now available on YouTube. Enjoy!
Culture and Art: an international language – Greek-German exchange program visits the Study Center
On the 26th of September, the Study Center was delighted to welcome students and faculty from the 1st Gymnasio (middle school) of Ierapetra and Loekamp Gymnasium at Marl (Germany) to the Study Center. This visit…
Revisiting the Archaeobotany of Prehistoric Crete, AJA 128
Carly Henkel and Evi Margaritis have recently published an article, titled “Revisiting the Archaeobotany of Prehistoric Crete”, that will appear in the October 2024 issue of the American Journal of Archaeology. This paper not only…
Conservation Lab Donation
Many thanks to Georgos Mastorakis who so enjoyed a tour of the building that he decided to make a donation of materials always needed in the conservation lab!
Lecture: October 23, 2024: Cycladic Iconography or Minoan Provincial Art? On the Character of the Mural Paintings in the Early Late Bronze Age Cyclades, Fritz Blakolmer
Analysing iconography is a viable path, among many others, for gaining a better understanding of the interrelations between the Cyclades and Minoan Crete during the Neopalatial period and thus for approaching issues traditionally characterised by…
Aegean Legacy Circle
Dear friends and supporters, We are happy to announce the launch of our planned giving program, called Aegean Legacy Circle (https://instapstudycenter.net/aegean-legacy-circle/). Planned giving is intended as a way for donors to make charitable contributions…