This friendly kitty came over last night for a pet and to protect herself from the drizzle, and sat on the glass flooring showcasing the antiquities below (some kind of walls and a pipe), probably unearthed during the construction of the restaurant-hotel. She was ready for her photo op. #Kerameikos
We launched #BSASummerSchool2025 w/ 30 students from 18 UK unis! Lycabettus views, #ancientagora tour, & a rain-soaked #kerameikos. Back at BSA, talks on democracy & burials kept spirits high—then pizza to close the day! #BritishSchoolatAthens #SummerSchool #summerrain
A stone structure of ashlar blocks with a stele depicting a horseman on top. At left, grass; at right, a pathway; above, conifers stretching into the clear blue sky
AIO launches a set of inscriptions from family precincts in the #Kerameikos cemetery that provide insight into ancient Athenian families' commemoration of their dead. These entries were written by Robert Pitt and his students CYAthens. See them here: www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...
Rough path flanked by grass and grave markers running in straight line towards city centre of Athens, with a Greek Orthodox church in the background.
Sharing the locations of my new #novel Telegonos. Today the #Kerameikos, the ancient potters' quarter of #Athens, where graves of the wealthy and famous citizens lined the city's entrance.
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#TravelTuesday photo: a large bull that was once atop a grave at the #Kerameikos Archaeological Site in #Athens, #Greece
#exhibition - #Kerameikos: the potters' quarter - CCWM Sydney "This exhibition offers new ways of understanding some of Australia's oldest collections, by challenging historical narratives and pushing the boundaries of ceramic practice today." www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
Painted self-portrait of Yannis Stinis.
🏺 In this new #PeopleAtTheDAIAthens blog post our #Athen_DAI introduce painter and printmaker Yannis Stinis (1914–2001) - who worked with the institute in the 140s, producing depictions archaeological remains of the #Kerameikos site in Athens:
www.dainst.blog/people-at-th...
"Entdeckung im #Kerameikos: Erster ausführlicher Bericht zum neuen #Orakelheiligtum" - www.dainst.org/presse/pressemitteilung/... via @dai_nik
