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'Rediscovering Saint Nicholas: Uncovering the Origins of Santa and His Legacy at a Byzantine Church in Turkey' 🏺

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Did the ancient Romans really abandon people with disabilities? New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

'Did the ancient Romans really abandon people with disabilities?
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.'

What ancient Athens teaches us about debate – and dissent – in the social media age For ancient Athenians, democratic speech was both a right and a responsibility.

'What ancient Athens teaches us about debate – and dissent – in the social media age' 🏺

Beaten gold Mycenaean death mask showing the idealised face - with a thin nose, closed eyes, and slightly pursed lips.

Ancient Greek Art Advent: Day 1!

Watch it here: vm.tiktok.com/ZNRdEs6mc/

'Ancient Greeks Engineered a Divine Light Show Inside the Parthenon, Oxford Study Reveals' 🏺

greekcitytimes.com/2025/11/29/p...

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Lecture by Dr Konstantina Karakosta 'The Conquered Greeks under Ottoman Rule and Transnational Hellenism'. Note: Enter from the Strand into Bush House South, room 2.03

Still some tickets for tonight! Lecture by Dr Konstantina Karakosta (University of Patras), on: ‘The Conquered Greeks under Ottoman Rule and Transnational Hellenism.’

7pm at Bush House London, room S 2.03.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by...

20th November!!

Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres Just a few meters from the coastline and about one hundred and fifty meters west of the perimeter of the ancient city of Olbia (in present-day Hyères on the French Mediterranean coast), the…

'Nails mixed with human bones found in the ancient Greek colony of Olbia in France are remains of Roman funeral pyres'

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/n...

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4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed “One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds” of the Century, Brings New Life to the “Myth of the Labyrinth” A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

'4000-Year-Old Labyrinth Discovery, Dubbed “One of the Most Important Archaeological Finds” of the Century, Brings New Life to the “Myth of the Labyrinth” '

2025 Niki Marangou Greek translation competition opens | King's College London King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.

Entries sought for 2025 Niki Marangou Greek translation competition.

King’s Centre for Hellenic Studies offers a prize of £500 for the annual poem translation competition, in honour of the Cypriot poet.

Deadline: 16:00 (GMT) on 15 January 2026. Full information at
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2025-ni...

Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko

20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.

Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...

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Delighted to have a piece about my experiences on BBC Radio 4 In Our Time in the latest edition of ARGO - a real pleasure to have the chance to pay tribute to Melvyn Bragg & all the producers & others involved @hellenicsociety.bsky.social @daisydunn.bsky.social

Ancient Greek Vases Were Decorated With Gypsum, Researchers Say - GreekReporter.com Researchers say that ancient Greek vases dating back to 450 to 440 BC used in the funeral rites of the elite most likely used gypsum.

'Ancient Greek Vases Were Decorated With Gypsum, Researchers Say'

greekreporter.com/2025/10/19/a...

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Autumn Lecture: 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri', by Professor Richard Janko

20 November, 6pm, Room G7, Senate House, London.

Come and join us - no booking needed! We will film the lecture and put it on our YouTube channel too. www.youtube.com/user/Helleni...

#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

Hell with other people Video games are often the first and most common way that many people now encounter the classical world. Hades, a critical hit following its release in

'Hell with other people - Greek myths brought to exhilarating, playable life '

www.the-tls.com/arts/hades-i...

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#TraitorsGreekMyth part 4 (final part!)

Ruth Codd: Cassandra. She told them it was Jonathan. She told them over and over again. Did they listen? They did not. They blamed her. Well, now look.

We meant to say Thursday 20th NOVEMBER, apologies. But please do come!!

As I´ve just discovered #skystorians, I dare re-post this: Can sb kindly help me with a bibliographical query? Any publications on the #Greek govt-in-exile in #WW2, beside Clogg´s & Papastratis'? I can read #Greek with some understanding but searches are difficult. @hellenicsociety.bsky.social?

Hellenic Society For almost a century and a half the Hellenic Society has been the leading organization for the study of Greece with an international membership across all ages and walks of life. It maintains a world ...

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Autumn Lecture:
Professor Richard Janko
20 November, 6pm
Room G7, Senate House, London
Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri

No booking required. The lecture will also be filmed and available to watch on the Society's YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@HellenicSoc...

The 'Plato's Academy' mosaic from the villa of T. Siminius Stephanus at Pompeii. #MosaicMonday. (Image from our sibling society @theRomanSoc IMAGO database www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-...)

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Interesting excavation reporting.

greekcitytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...

Contemporary Australian art finds a home among ancient ruins in Cyprus The visitors centre at the Archaeological Park at Paphos in Cyprus is swarming with tourists. It sits within a converted carob warehouse.

'Contemporary Australian art finds a home among ancient ruins in Cyprus'

greekherald.com.au/culture/art-...

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New term diaries! Our Autumn Lecture will be on Thursday 20 December, at 6pm
Room G7, South Block, Senate House, London. Professor Richard Janko will discuss 'Deciphering the Herculaneum papyri'.

In-person event. All welcome. No booking required.

(Image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercula...)

have an ancient quarry to study? May we suggest...

'Dion Restoration Project Protects Zeus’ Ancient Sanctuary'

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Prof. Andromachi Karanika, UC Irvine lecture: ‘From Heroines to Saints: Women’s Catalogues from Early Greek Epic Poetry and Beyond.’ Hosted by the Centre for Hellenic Studies at KCL Strand Campus on 17 October 2025 at 18:30. 🏺

Free. Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by...

From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world? Australians love a major sporting event and so did the ancient Greeks and Romans. And it wasn’t just the Olympics they flocked to.

'From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world?'

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The Boar When I told my flatmates that I was heading to London specifically to watch the National Theatre’s adaptation of Euripides’ Greek tragedy The Bacchae, they looked at me like I was crazy. Upon…

'The Bacchae review: A production of wine, rhyme and a good Time'

Caravaggio’s Medusa: why we need to look the Gorgon in the eye The work is about the artist’s power of immortality, his features frozen in time forever.

'Caravaggio’s Medusa: why we need to look the Gorgon in the eye'

theconversation.com/caravaggios-...

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