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Why we should all get our roofs from Sparta*
Work on my Peloponnesian League book is finally starting to happen, so it’s time to dust off the blog again. I hope odd little things like today’s discovery will go here. At the moment I am working on what might … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Greece, History, Peloponnese
Tagged Olympia, Ottoman Greece, Peloponnese, Temples
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On Pledges Carved in Stone
Yesterday, just four days before the election, the Leader of the UK Labour Party, Ed Miliband, unveiled an eight-foot limestone slab, carved with his six main election promises. Reviews were mixed, but it was a delight to all who regularly get … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Current events, Politics
Tagged Ancient Athens, Democracy, Epigraphy, Inscriptions
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Building the Parthenon
It’s time to talk about the photograph at the top of my blog. It’s part of a picture I took on the Acropolis of Athens in summer 2007: let’s call it The Parthenon Under Construction (Again). Of course, ancient buildings … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Inventing the Past
Tagged Athens, Byzantine Greece, Classicism, Greece, Ottoman Greece, Restoration, Ruins
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