NEWS AND EVENTS

The Alexandrian Necropolis Project is happy to organize a half-day study meeting on Alexandrian Funerary Archaeology, at the Library Auditorium of the School of Philosophy (Zografou Campus), on Wednesday, 2 November 2022 at 17:00-20:00.

Programme:

• 17.00-17.15: Welcome addresses by the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, and the Dean of the School of Philosophy, Professor Achilleas Chaldaiakis

• 17.15-17.45: Dimitris Plantzos, Professor of Classical Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: To Live and Die in Ptolemaic Alexandria: The Story so Far

• 17.45-18.15: Opening lecture by Mona Haggag, Professor Emerita of Classical Archaeology, University of Alexandria, President of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria,Egypt: Fusion of Egyptian-Greek art in the Alexandrian Tombs and the Creation of an Alexandrian (Ptolemaic) Style

• 18.15-18.45: Kyriakos Savvopoulos, Researcher of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria: Funerary Architecture in Hellenistic Alexandria

• 18.45-19.15: Nikolas Dimakis, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Funerary Practices and Funerary Contexts in Alexandrian Archaeology

• 19.15-20.00:  Discussion