https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/08/mysterious-new-objects-found-at-pompeii/124397 Check out my news article for Heritage Daily on recent discoveries at Pompeii this month https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/08/mysterious-new-objects-found-at-pompeii/124397
News
Athens is winner of European Capital of Innovation
This comes as no surprise having witnessed for myself on a visit this year how much Athens has changed in new and interesting ways over the past couple of years. Hopefully the 1 million euro prize money will be spent wisely to encourage more start up innovation across the city and help the creative young … Continue reading Athens is winner of European Capital of Innovation
Complete chariot burial found in Yorkshire
The skeletons of two complete horses and the complete preservation of a chariot are a remarkable Iron Age find in the town of Pocklington in Yorkshire this month. I hope when the finds get removed and eventually displayed in a museum they can preserve the way in which they were found from the excavation photographs. … Continue reading Complete chariot burial found in Yorkshire
Hadrianopolis theatre used again!
Interested to see the theatre of Hadrianopolis (outside Gjirokaster in Albania) being used for theatrical performances, 1800 years after it was built. I helped to excavate the theatre back in 2013...sadly we did not find a porticus beside it but I did find a bronze tetradrachm with a striding Zeus, a Byzantine Ionic column and … Continue reading Hadrianopolis theatre used again!
This is Athens
Here are some of my favourite videos showing life in the city of Athens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dm57Ed-2KU&feature=share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbokVfMWm2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTr7eQlB4g And finally here is what the ancient city may have looked like from the new Assassin's Creed game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8cWF-29lI&t=55s
Athens, Rising – New York Times
Charly Wilder provides an account I recognise of the changes that Athens has gone through since its government debt crisis in 2014-15. I lived right at the heart of the city at the time and three years on when I visited this Easter I could see so much of what Wilder describes here. Indeed my … Continue reading Athens, Rising – New York Times
When the Greeks said ‘No’ – Oxi Day, Thermopylae and the 2015 crisis
Historically, the Greeks are known for their determined resistance and one event that epitomises this is commemorated on October 28th each year. Grand military parades sweep across the major cities. Considering all men are still required for national service, the fervent flag waving and saluting from the crowd shows the emotional connection many citizens still feel … Continue reading When the Greeks said ‘No’ – Oxi Day, Thermopylae and the 2015 crisis
Has the BM lost it’s Elgin Argument?
I was rather surprised to see that the figure of Ilissos from the West pediment of the Parthenon and a member of the famously disputed Elgin marbles, was transported to Russia for an exhibition at the Hermitage in St Petersburg. In the world of museums, it is not unusual at all for pieces to go … Continue reading Has the BM lost it’s Elgin Argument?
Laura Aitken-Burt 