By Dimitra Mylona. As the 19th century was coming to a close, Christos Tsountas, a charismatic and dynamic curator of antiquities in Athens, excavated the cemetery of Chalandriani in Syros on behalf of the Archaeological Society of Athens. This excavation was part of a wider research program in the Cyclades that pioneered the systematic definition…… Continue reading Seagoing ships, tunas, and tassels in the Aegean Sea of the 3rd millennium BCE
Category: Ships and boats
Dogs, Boats, Shells, and Goats: Musings on the Decorations of the Musandam battil
By Roxani Margariti. Many years ago, as an archaeology student in the early 1990s, I had the amazing luck and privilege of participating in a project entitled Traditional Boats of Oman Project and headed by Indian Ocean boatbuilding specialist Tom Vosmer. Of the many remarkable things I witnessed during the two seasons of working for…… Continue reading Dogs, Boats, Shells, and Goats: Musings on the Decorations of the Musandam battil