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The TAPHOS project helps to preserve cultural heritage through the excavation of partly looted and unlooted chamber tombs at the Mycenaean Late Bronze Age cemetery of Aidonia in southern Corinthia. This collaboration with the Corinthian Ephorate of Antiquities has yielded significant data. The speaker will discuss the site heritage and the understanding of the long-term mortuary, cultic, and settlement practices of the Corinthia.
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PROGRAM
March 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Excavating Mycenaean Burials: the TAPHOS project
Gunn Theater | Legion of Honor | 100 - 34th Avenue | Lincoln Park | San Francisco | California
Presented by Kim Shelton Director, Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology | Professor, Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies | Director, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology | University of California, Berkeley
Admission:
Lecture is free and open to the public.
This is a hybrid program.
IN PERSON: Gunn Theater, 100 - 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park, San Francisco, CA 94121. Seating is limited and unassigned. Doors open at 2:45 pm.
LIVE STREAM: Please register here to receive a Zoom link.
