The recent excavation campaigns (2018, 2019, 2022) conducted at Sissi under the direction of Jan Driessen have revealed the earliest remains of the settlement, which date to EM IIA (2700/2650-2200 BC). One building and possible…
On Feb 27, the director of the INSTAP SCEC and the director of the Lasithi Ephorate of Antiquties, Chrysa Sofianou, delivered a lecture at Oxford University entitled “Maritime Coastscapes and Small Worlds in East Crete…
All of us at the INSTAP Study Center wish to congratulate Dr. Despina Papadopoulou, our former library fellow, on the completion of her Ph.D. entitled "The presence and importance of serpentinite in Bronze Age Crete:…
We want to congratulate Angela Ratigan for the successful defense of her dissertation at the University of Heidelberg, “‘Castles in the Air’ and Tools for Discovery: On the Heuristic and Discursive Value of Virtual Recreations…
FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION GUIDELINES The INSTAP Study Center for East Crete is pleased to announce the availability of one Doctoral fellowship to be awarded on a competitive basis to an eligible candidate for work to be…
Building Beta, a two-storied residential complex located at the heart of the LB I settlement at Akrotiri, Thera, is one of the first buildings that came to light during the 1967–1970 excavations conducted by Spyridon…
In 2018 rescue excavations were conducted by the Lasithi Ephorate at the site of Chalepa, which is located on a small promontory at the eastern end of the bay of Pacheia Ammos. Although the site…
The William D.E. Coulson Conservation Laboratory at the INSTAP SCEC invites applicants for two summer internships in archaeological conservation. These positions are not paid, but thanks to a generous donation there is a grant of…
Don't miss this fascinating and informative article by award-winning food and environmental author Paul Greenberg in Hakai Magazine! Click on the link below to read or listen: Unearthing the Original Mediterranean Diet: Archaeologist Dimitra Mylona’s…
Mochlos has been associated with the Cretan Early Bronze Age since the first excavations by Seager in 1908. His work revealed large parts of the Neopalatial town and an extensive Prepalatial Cemetery on the western…