Polish Archaeological Institute at Athens

POLISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT ATHENS. Est 2019 ::
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What do archaeologists do when they leave the trenches in the middle of the excavation season? Head to the canteen… or, more likely, visit someone else's dig!
That's exactly what our team from #Pefkakia (#Volos) has been doing while exploring central #Greece. #KarlaLake

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The 4th season of excavations at #Karphi, #Crete, has wrapped up. This year, our intl team explored one of Crete's highest and largest mountain settlements, uncovering new evidence for the changes that followed the collapse of the Bronze Age world. More on FB. #PAIA_Patronage

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🔵𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀. We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming 9th edition of the #Aegean ScapeCon Symposium for PhD students and early-career researchers, which is scheduled to take place in May 2027 in Poland at #UMCS in Lublin. Details: https://t.co/2b28GxJaEv

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The 4th season of excavations at #Karphi, #Crete, is coming to an end. Our intl team is investigating the island's highest mountain settlement to better understand the crisis after c. 1200 BCE and the transition from the Bronze to the Iron Age. More on FB. #PAIA_Patronage

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Research continues on materials from excavations at #Thelpousa #Peloponnese #Greece. The Polish-German team is preparing drawings/photos/documentation/database for publication, marking the final stage of Project V carried out by #PAIA & the Gerda Henkel Foundation #archaeology

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🌞 #PAIA 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 Heads up if you're an archaeologist in #Greece or visiting this week! A #heatwave is pushing temperatures to 40°C (104°F), while strong winds raise wildfire risk and rough seas are expected. Stay safe, stay cool like Achilles in a himation 2500 years ago.

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Just as it was in ancient #Greece, so it is today. Greek animals are never far from their human companions and the Polish archaeologists at #Pefkakia, #Volos, are no exception. #PAIA #archaeology

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We were delighted to welcome #PAIA member Dominik Pieniądz to Athens, where he attended the Intl Summer School Athens: Ancient Polis/Modern Metropolis at NKUA. His programme included lectures, museum and site visits, field trips, and a presentation of his own research. #PAIA_Life

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The final installment of our coverage of the Spring School in Classical Art #History & #Archaeology held in #Crete has just been published on our FB and IG profiles. The expedition was organized by archaeologists from #AMU in cooperation with #PAIA. We invite you to check it out!

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🟡#PAIA_LIFE Congrats to Supreeth Prashanth on completing his BA in Archaeo, History&Ancient Greek Literature at the Athens' Uni. We wish him every success as he begins his scholarship in Bologna. Over the past 3 years, Supreeth has been an active participant in #PAIA lectures.

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🔴 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗙 #PAIA: The 3rd and final season of the Thelpousa Agora Project in #Arcadia starts today! Dr Giorgos Doulfis, Dr Małgorzata Kajzer, and Smaragda-Maria Pateli are on their way to Tripoli to begin the study season. #Greece #archaeology

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🔵#PAIA for the Weekend:
🔴 Meet the Prussian Baba – one of only about 20 surviving #medieval stone statues from northern Poland. Their purpose remains a mystery: heroes, ancestors or gods? One thing is certain – visitors love them.
#PAIA #PAIAthens #archaeology

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Don't let the straw hats fool you. Mateusz Kula & Bartłomiej Dudek are in Athens to cultivate... ideas. Kula studies the phenomenon of error in thinking (Atē) in ancient #Greece literature, Dudek explores emotions & motivation. You'll find them in the BSA and Blegen libraries.

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🟦Young researchers from Adam Mickiewicz University #AMU have summarized their research expedition to #Crete, which took place under the patronage of & in cooperation with @PAIA. A report from the visit to the island will be available on our Facebook and Instagram profiles soon.

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🔵 Do polskich księgarń, a także do biblioteki #PAIA trafiła najnowsza książka prof. Marka Węcowskiego "Homer na nasze czasy". Prof. Węcowski @UniWarszawski jest zarówno wybitnym badaczem starożytności, jak i członkiem Rady Naukowej Instytutu. @WydawnictwoZnak

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A very dear friend of our, Prof. Marzena Szmyt @UAM_Poznan has received the honorary title Meritorious for the City of #Poznań. She was honoured for her academic achievements & key role in creating the Genius Loci reserve, a site closely associated w/ the origins of Polish state.

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🔵 4th and final excavation season at Mycenaean #Pefkakia began June 15, near Volos (#Greece).
🔵 Polish–Greek project led by Anthi Batziou & Bartłomiej Lis, with #PAIA support and intl funding.
🔵 Over 20 researchers now work across 5 trenches studying Late Bronze Age remains.

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Professor Bogumiła Kaniewska, Rector of @UAM_Poznan and one of the featured protagonists in #PAIA's book "Archaeology Without Makeup", has been honoured with the Cross of the Association of Veterans of the Poznań June 1956 Uprising, The Unconquered. #PAIAthens

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🎖️ JMR #UAM, prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska została uhonorowana krzyżem Związku Kombatantów Powstania Poznańskiego Czerwiec 1956 „Niepokonani”.

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2/2 As a reminder, in April a Polish-Greek team completed pioneering analyses of amber from the Mycenae excavations carried out by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s.

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Prof. Janusz Czebreszuk & Prof. Marzena Szmyt met with Dr. Katerina Kostanti at the Archaeological Museum of Athens. Discussions focused on the continuation of Polish research on the museum's #amber collection. 1/2 #paia #PAIAthens