Day 3 Highlights
The 9th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry continues with inspiring presentations from stones and mortars, to digital methods in archaeology, and their innovative application to the frescoes of Saint Andrew’s Church in Patras. #Archaeometry
Exciting news! The 9th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSA) will be held in Patras, Greece (5–8 Nov 2025) at FORTH/ICE-HT.
A major meeting for scientists working on #Archaeometry, #CulturalHeritage & #ArchaeologicalScience.
Heritage is proud to sponsor the annual meeting of its affiliated society, the Hellenic Society of Archaeometry, with a 500 CHF prize:
🏆 The Archaeological Science Merit Award, recognizing outstanding contributions in the field.
📣Stay tuned for more updates!
👏 Nadia Cantin presents “The pXRF Ceramic Users Network: 5 Years of Achievements” at “Portable XRF for Heritage and Archaeology in Egypt,” held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria 🇪🇬
#cealex#pXRF_CUN#archaeometry#heritagescience#archaeology
Congratulations to Aristeidis Voulgaris, Head of the FRAMe Project, recipient of the @SocArchSci Travel Award to attend the #9thHSASymposium (5–8 Nov, Patras). He’ll present new insights into the Antikythera Mechanism’s corrosion & reconstruction! @KeramosUP@FORTH_ITE#ICE_HT
#A Babylonian hymn lost for a millennium has been fully deciphered, offering rare insights into ancient urban life, gender roles, and the natural landscape of the world’s first metropolis. https://t.co/CE1ReiWRqw https://t.co/de5zcp5SBR
Ultramarine is a deep blue pigment originally derived from lapis lazuli.
historically used in illuminated manuscripts and Renaissance art.
It was made like this
#Orléans#archeologie
🔎A la découverte du travail de nos spécialistes!
Afin de comprendre la composition des objets céramiques, il arrive de réaliser des lames minces.
Mais qu'est-ce qu'une lame mine🔬?
Tous les détails ici⤵️
https://t.co/BQXqIjnsmk
Adding more sparkle to this festive season, here is our second recent publication in Open Ceramics
@sciencedirect: "Colors on fire: Reconstructing the change of color hues in firing of experimental briquettes"
https://t.co/wYq5bkGUWb
We wrap up 2024 in the holiday spirit with 2exciting contributions! Highlighting one of our latest publications in @SpringerNature: "Patterns of Ceramic Production in Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis (Greece): A Petrographic and Mineralogical Approach" https://t.co/wYq5bkHsLJ
Adding more sparkle to this festive season, here is our second recent publication in Open Ceramics @sciencedirect : "Colors on fire: Reconstructing the change of color hues in firing of experimental briquettes"
https://t.co/cpDeyjAImd
Are you conducting research that bridges archaeological sciences and urbanism in the ancient Mediterranean? If so, our #EAA session Analysing the City (1000–500 BCE) may be of interest to you! @archaeologyEAA
We express our gratitude to the scientific coordinator Dr Xenia Charalambidou and @oucyprus for hosting our member, MSc student @AthanVarotsos during this great initiative! Many thanks to the Erasmus office @upatras for facilitating the entire process.
https://t.co/WymQnBYqDu
A study in @NatureComms suggests that the end of the green Sahara in the mid-Holocene was gradual, but punctuated by rapidly changing episodes of extreme drought and wetness, to which human societies were exposed and had to adapt to. https://t.co/drk767TkiM