The culture-historical labels that we attach to Bronze Age societies – Minoan and Mycenaean – do more damage than we have appreciated. Theoretically they are an inheritance of 19th century thinking that takes for granted…
Anyone who hasn’t visited the Center outside of the summer months may not be aware of the elementary school tours which take place here during the school year. Students from local schools experience a guided…
This lecture discusses the Ahhiyawa question and its multifaceted implications for our understating of Aegean Late Bronze Age political trajectories. To do so, this talk uses a multidisciplinary approach that combines the analysis of textual…
Due to a situation beyond our control, our fundraising trip this May (MINOTAGE: Archaeology Meets Cretan Wines) has been postponed. Download the full program here! Guided by archaeologist and wine writer Al Leonard, and leading…
Kentro: The Newsletter of the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, volume 26 (Fall 2023) Is Now Available! Download Kentro Vol 26 (Fall 2023) Newsletter
Revisiting the Late Bronze Age Collapse Since 2014, when the first edition of 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed appeared, more data relevant to the potential causes of the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and…
A Timeless Guide to Architecture: 101 Tips for Archaeologists A Three-day Online Seminar with Clairy Palyvou November 10, 15, and 17, 12 pm ET/7 pm in Greece The seminar aims at exploring some universal and…
A workshop entitled “Bridges of Archaeometry” was carried out as part of the 8th symposium of the Hellenic Society of Archaeometry (HSA) in Athens. The participants presented their labs focusing on the research, the available…
Excavations at the Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou began in 1972 under the direction of Angeliki Lebessi and continued until 2003. The sanctuary was founded high up on a slope of the…
A Timeless Guide to Architecture: 101 Tips for Archaeologists: A Three-day Online Seminar with Clairy Palyvou November 10, 15, and 17, 12 pm ET/7 pm in Greece The seminar aims at exploring some universal and…