burials

Gallery : Flesh Eater

Greeks and Romans in antiquity loved mythology. They depicted images on pottery, on frescos. They decorated their villas and palaces and made these stories part of their daily lives. They loved these stories so much so that even in death they wanted to be reminded of them through beautifully engraved sarcophaguses. Read more

Open House | Late Bronze Age burials at Mycenae and what they tell us, with Heleni Palaiologou

We were pleased to welcome Heleni Palaiologou, an archaeologist who worked for the Ministry of Culture of Greece, for a discussion about burials from the late Bronze Age at Mycenae, and what we can learn from them. She has over forty years' experience of excavation and research, specializing in burial customs and the cemeteries of Mycenae. The event took place on Thursday, November 29, at 11 a.m. EST, and was… Read more