Month: August 2020

Troia Foundation

Çanakkale-Tübingen Troia Foudation was established on the 9th August in 2004 by Prof. Dr. h.c. Manfred Osman Korfmann in Çanakkale. This foundation is affiliated with the Tübingen Troia Foundation. Tübingen Troia Foundation supports research and publication studies in Tübingen, while Çanakkale-Tübingen Troia Foundation promotes the research, excavation, restoration and preservation of Troia. Source: https://www.troiavakfi.com/en/

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A Minoan Fresco

Minoan fresco panel from the 'Lily Frescoes' from the 'Villa of the Lilies' Amnisos, 1600-1500 BC. The fresco depicts white lilies against a red background and red lilies against white background with long stems in front of a fence. The wall art uses fresco and 'in cavo' technique. Neopalatial Period, Heraklion Archaeological Museum , Heraklion,... Continue Reading →

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UNESCO rallies international community to safeguard Beirut’s cultural life and heritage

Following the devastating twin explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, on 4 August, UNESCO mobilized leading cultural organizations and experts from Lebanon and abroad in an online meeting on 10 August to coordinate emergency and longer-term measures to safeguard the city’s severely damaged cultural heritage and rehabilitate its cultural life. The explosions at the port of Beirut... Continue Reading →

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What Did the Roman Emperors Really Look Like? A Novel Blend of AI and Art Conjures Up Eerily Detailed Photographic Portraits

Designer Daniel Voshart's works use a technique that has become popular online.  You probably know about Nero, the tyrannical emperor who ruled Rome for 14 years in the first century—the one who perpetrated political murders, persecuted Christians, and fiddled while his city burned. But have you ever wondered what he looked like?  Daniel Voshart did. The Toronto... Continue Reading →

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The Felix Gem

The Felix Gem. Flat-faced carnelian. (The theft of the Palladion by Diomedes and the reaction of Odysseus.) Ashmolean (1966, 1808) Intaglios and sealstones are engraved gems that were both worn as decoration and used as a device to make an identifying mark in wax. They are often decorated with subjects of significance to the owner.... Continue Reading →

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Maya and Olmec Sculptures Aid Study of Emotional Expressions

Monday, August 24, 2020(Baltimore Museum of Art, Kerr Portfolio 2868, Photo by J. Kerr)BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—According to a Science News report, neuroscientist Alan Cowen and psychologist Dacher Keltner of the University of California, Berkeley, turned to ancient sculptures to see if human facial expressions could signal the same emotions across cultures. Previous comparisons of facial expressions of living... Continue Reading →

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Museum or Mosque?

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has been a monument to selective readings of history. Mehmet the Conqueror converted the cathedral of Hagia Sophia to a mosque after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It was a symbolic move. The conversion involved minimal physical transformation and even the name remained the same: Ayasofya Camii. Since its construction in... Continue Reading →

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Της αγάπης…

Μπακίρι από Γιαννιώτη γανωτζήνα φέγγει να σπιθοβολάει το γέλιο σου,τα λόγια σου να σκάνε μέσα μουσαν τις χειρομπομπίδες.Κορμί που λάχτιζες σαν αγριμάκιπροτού σε πάρει ο ύπνος,τρεις νύχτες τώρα με διπλό προσκέφαλοαχνίζω νικοτίνη,τρέχω με ογδόντα πυρετόύστερα με διακόσιατρελαίνομαι στις δημοσιές.Κι η μοναξιά ένα μάθημα πικρόκι ο θάνατος μια μαύρη κουβαρίστρα,έλα με την αγάπη,έλα με το νερό.Μη... Continue Reading →

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