Kentro Volume 26 Now Available!
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
Lecture: “After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations in the Aegean,” Eric Cline
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…
Session Topics for the Online Seminar “A Timeless Guide to Architecture: 101 Tips for Archaeologists” with Clairy Palyvou
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…
“Bridges of Archaeometry” at the 8th symposium of the Hellenic Society of Archaeometry in Athens
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…
Lecture: “A Sacred but Illegal Couple on Crete: The Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou from the Minoan to the Roman Period,” George Papasavvas
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
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…
Twelve Students from Six Countries Participate in the Hagios Charalambos Human Bone Project
In June and July, Tina McGeorge led the Hagios Charalambos Human Bone Project comprised of a dozen students from six countries (America, United Kingdom, Canada, China, Ireland, and Romania), who studied the loose teeth from…
The Mesara Master: Her Embroidered Pictorial Narrative of a Springtime Wedding in Crete. A Commentary
Joe Shaw’s recent donation to the Study Center Library inspired this book review-commentary on The Mesara Master: Her Embroidered Pictorial Narrative of a Springtime Wedding in Crete, written by Joseph W. Shaw, Aristomenes Polyzois, Giuliana…
Congratulations to Dr. Stavroula Fouriki!
All of us at the INSTAP Study Center wish to congratulate our former petrography intern, Stavroula Fouriki, on the completion of her Ph.D. entitled "Exploring the 'ceramic landscape' of Late Bronze Age Chania, Crete (c…
Lecture, 20 Sept, 2023: Aegean Haute Couture and its Interconnections in the Near East and Egypt: Deciphering the Dress Codes
This lecture considers Minoan and Mycenaean dress within the broader milieu of the ancient Near East and Egypt. As valuable as precious metals, a significant commodity of trade, luxurious in design and decoration, Minoan dress rivaled…