We are back! After the success of last year's inaugural festival, we are delighted to announce that the Athens Archaeology Festival will return on 17th October 2026.
If you'd like to take part, check out our call for applications below!
Follow for updates #archaeology #aaf2026
A landscape photograph of the archaeological site of Delphi, with yellow flowers in the foreground, the ruins of the temple in the centre, and the mountains in the background
Spring springing at Delphi 😍 a gorgeous day on site with students! #archaeologybluesky #classicsbluesky #travelgreece
Friends! I am walking 100km in 24h to #fundraise for a small #charity I volunteer with, ECHO library, who do wonderful things supporting #refugees in Greece. Please read more here, donate and share if you can! We would be so grateful for any support! www.justgiving.com/page/100km-f... #migrantrights
Friends! I am walking 100km in 24h to #fundraise for a small #charity I volunteer with, ECHO library, who do wonderful things supporting #refugees in Greece. Please read more here, donate and share if you can! We would be so grateful for any support! www.justgiving.com/page/100km-f... #migrantrights
Thanks, Anna!
Thank you!
Thrilled and very grateful to have started this new position at the BSA! #newjob #classics #archaeology 🏛️🏺⛰️
A teal book entitled ‘Personal Religion in the Ancient Greek World. A Cultural History’ edited by Julia Kindt, on a wooden table
The first page of chapter 8: “Dedications”
So great to hold this beautiful book in my hands! Congratulations to Julia Kindt and all! I’m looking forward to reading the other contributions #newbook #classicspublications @universitypress.cambridge.org #classicsbluesky
A room with wooden ceilings and floors, blue walls, and low tables
A room with wooden floors and low couches against the walls. A low coffee table in the centre of the room and hanging lights in the corner of the room
I visited beautiful Kavala today and went to see Muhammad Ali Pasha’s house - a stunning 18th century living museum in the old town and one of the few surviving Ottoman houses from this period #history #ancientbluesky #egyptianhistory
Students running in a muddy stadium
Welcoming the new CYA cohort of students to Greece with a trip to Olympia and Delphi. So much fun lecturing on site, complete with a run in the stadium at Olympia! Thanks to a super curious, engaged and kind group #classicsbluesky #archaeologybluesky
Hello! I’m giving a paper tomorrow at 4:30pm @archanchistleic.bsky.social titled ‘Remembering and Forgetting on the Athenian Akropolis’ about collective trauma, memorialisation, and strategic forgetting (and some brain stuff, but not too much!).
DM me details or the online link!
#ClassicsBluesky
Talking about the Great Eleusinian Relief and the Ninnion Tablet on @nataliehaynes.bsky.social‘s new History Hit series on #Demeter and #Persephone! A lot of fun being filmed for this, thanks to Natalie and the production team! #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky 🏺
This is horrible to read. Unacceptable and exhausting. Solidarity with Zena, thank you for speaking up
"The evidence is clear: when talented students who have faced greater barriers gain access to elite universities, they flourish precisely because opportunity, not ability, was the binding constraint."
Prof Lee Elliot Major, University of Exeter
#highered #edchat
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Poster with QR code advertising the event ‘Myth, History and Archaeology’
Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks!
‘Myth, History and Archaeology’
Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
Remains of the first temple. Large blocks with the hills behind
Remains of another temple. Large blocks forming a wall with a church built on top. View of the plain, mountains and sea in the distance
Two friends walking along the mountain path with view of the mountains and sea in the distance
One of the perks of living in Athens is making spontaneous trips to beautiful little sites. Today we went on a gorgeous drive and hike to see the remains of two temples on the southeast slope of Mt Hymettus in Attica #archaeology #explore #greece 🏺🏛️⛰️
Blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria recovered from seabed
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/07/bloc...
Divine Fury: Demeter and Persephone
Episode 1: The Abduction OUT NOW!
🏛️✨ Click here: access.historyhit.com/videos/divin...
Out just in time for new year! @universitypress.cambridge.org 🏺
🍿🎬 Curious about archaeology? Join us for fun animated films that dig into the secrets of the past: from excavation to discovery.
🧠 A lively quiz in Greek at the end will put your new knowledge to the test!
📽️ Films in French 🇫🇷 with Greek 🇬🇷 subtitles | Perfect for ages 7+
#aaf2025 #ancientbluesky
Follow @athensarchfest.bsky.social to find out what we have on offer at the Athens Archaeology Festival in just over two weeks’ time!
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #outreach #festival
A museum display with 10s of small stone vases
#heraklionmuseum on Crete is full to the brim with incredible things! Here are some beautiful stone vases from the Neolithic period made by local craftspeople using colourful stone 😍 #archaeologybluesky #crete #greece #museums 🏺🪨
Our website is live! Go check it out for all the info you need about the first ever Athens Archaeology Festival! 🏺🥳
A view of the Parthenon with a sunrise behind
The Parthenon today, in front of a beautiful sunrise! 🌅 🏛️ But did you know that this Classical temple for Athena was later converted into a church and then mosque? Join us on Sat 18th October to learn more about its fascinating history!
#athensarchaeologyfestival #aaf2025 #archaeologybluesky #greece
What you may NOT know about this labour is that the Hydra had a crustacean sidekick 🦀 Karkinos was the name of the giant crab that nibbled the ankles of Herakles as he fought the multi-headed monster.
Join us at the inaugural Athens Archaeology Festival in October to learn more about Herakles 🦁
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A group of students at Sounion with me in the background pointing to their left
A lovely day around the Attic coast. Here I am teaching our summer school undergraduate students at Sounion. Guess what I’m pointing at 😅 #archaeologybluesky #greekarchaeology
Two months to go until we bring you the inaugural Athens Archaeology Festival! Give us a follow to stay up to date! 🏺🏛️ #aaf2025
