Thorikos

Twitter account of the Thorikos Archaeological Research Project (TARP)

[Thorikos @thorikos]

With the backfill we are not only closing the dig but also a scientifically very successful campaign at Thorikos. Great finds in good contexts and moreover a wide range of ecological data @ugent @ArcheoUGent @uniGoettingen @Ioannina_Univ

[well-meaning @FreshSummerWind]

With the help of artificial intelligence, we see the stolen Caryatid escape from the British Museum and return to her sisters at the Acropolis Museum. Let's hope it becomes a reality.

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

🔴 BREAKING!

New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Minoan Palatial Centres, #Greece 🇬🇷.

➡️ https://t.co/seTyyVu3sT #47WHC

[Ictinus ®️ @ictinus_x]

🇬🇷🏛️

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

Belly-handled amphora from Late Bronze Age Eleon, Boeotia 🇬🇷

The Protogeometric pottery style is typically associated with Athens, but research in Antiquity in 2024 suggests it in fact emerged during the 12th-century BC in central Macedonia.

🆓 https://t.co/nzCwSr9OqS

[Thorikos @thorikos]

We have just made sure that the so-called Industrial Quarter at Thorikos will be cleared from vegetation so as to limit the dangers of wildfires

[Archeologie UGent @ArcheoUGent]

Our department is looking for a professor in Northwest European Prehistory! Join the #prehistory research group at @ugent!
https://t.co/HbntQiDc3Z

[Chasing Aphrodite @ChasingAphrodit]

RIP Colin Renfrew, a true pioneer in the fight against antiquities trafficking.

[The British School at Athens @BSAthens]

The BSA mourns the passing of Colin Renfrew, thought by many to be the world’s greatest living archaeologist, at the age of 87. Professor Colin Renfew, Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, was a Vice-President of the BSA and former Chairman of Council.
Obituary: https://t.co/g2mO1mJi3U

[David Connolly @BAJRjobs]

Many of you will have heard of the sudden and sad loss of one of the foundation pillars of archaeology today. So much of our Heritage landscape was shaped by him. So let's take a moment to remember him, and what his legacy is.

Colin Renfrew . 25th July 1937 - 24th Nov 2024

[Thorikos @thorikos]

@FreshSummerWind No! The head on the logo represents Menelaos,, taken from the Pasquino Group in Florence. It shows Menelaos carrying the body of either Patroclus or Ajax. Without correct knowledge of history there is no future

[Ioannis Chatzikonstantinou @ychatzikon]

The first experimental pyre on Cyprus! In collaboration with Prof. Evi Margaritis, Dr Kiriaki Tsirtsi, Dr Angelos Hadjikoumis and the whole team from @STARC_CyI we built an open pyre in Nicosia, checking the burning conditions and the effects of fire in various materials.

[Thorikos @thorikos]

On the 4th of September, Anna Lagia successfully defended her PhD thesis at Ghent University @ArcheoUGent ‘Bioarchaeological perspectives on social inequality from Classical Athens and Laurion.’ Part of it dealt with casestudies from Thorikos

[Jorrit Kelder @Jorrit_Kelder]

Visited Thorikos today, to see the results of this year’s campaign by the team from @ArcheoUGent with @Ioannina_Univ @uniGoettingen —and I was not disappointed. There is now more evidence for 10th (and 9th) century occupation at the site 1/

[Thorikos @thorikos]

We did not know what to expect on this public holiday but more than 100 interested people came to see the excavation at Thorikos and were informed about the results in Greek, English, German and French. @ugent @ArcheoUGent @uniGoettingen @Ioannina_Univ

[Thorikos @thorikos]

@ugent @ArcheoUGent @uniGoettingen @Ioannina_Univ

[Thorikos @thorikos]

On the 15th of August we will give the opportunity to have a look at probably the oldest Iron Age house in Attica. The day after we will start backfilling so to all our Athens and Attica based followers: do not miss it!

[Thorikos @thorikos]

On the 15th of August we will give the opportunity to have a look at probably the oldest Iron Age house in Attica. The day after we will start backfilling so to all our Athens and Attica based followers: do not miss it!

[Thorikos @thorikos]

One of our most productive collaborators, prof. Alexandra Alexandridou, together with prof. Alexandros Mazarakis and others has produced this highly important book: The Academy before Plato. A Contribution to the Study of Early Athens. Congratulations!

[Thorikos @thorikos]

We have started fieldwork at Thorikos. First sweeping the field for metal before the geomagnetic survey could start. The idea is to get a better view of the area around the Early Iron Age building we have been excavating

[Thorikos @thorikos]

Terrible bushfires near Thorikos. Our thoughts are with the community of Lavrio-Kerateia