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Recent Research at the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, Arcadia
203 Scheide Caldwell House 203 Scheide Caldwell House, PrincetonSince 2004 renewed research and excavation has been underway at the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion in Arcadia as a synergasia project with the Greek Archaeological Service. Earlier excavation was undertaken at the site late in the 19th and early in the 20th centuries by representatives from the Archaeological Society of Athens, principally K. […]
The Initial Stages of the Phoenician Expansion Overseas: When and Why?
010 East Pyne 010 East Pyne, PrincetonOne of the major problem, which has troubled generations of scholars, with regard to the initial stages of the Phoenician expansion overseas, is the conflicting picture presented in the ancient literary sources versus the archaeological record. According to the sources, the Phoenician expansion overseas was already quite substantial, including foundations of the Phoenician colonies, in […]
The Neues Museum of the Berlin Museum Island – Highlights and recent discoveries from the Egyptian Papyrus Collection
Today, several thousand papyri and other manuscripts from Elephantine Island are spread throughout more than 60 institutions and museums in 24 different countries worldwide. Their texts are written in various languages and scripts, including hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic, Aramaic, Greek, Coptic and Arabic. 80% of these manuscripts are yet to be published and investigated. The important […]