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Greek art & archaeology

Here you will find all the resources identified by our tutors as useful for the study of this subject, arranged in ascending alphabetical order. Browse the tiles and descriptions to discover if there are any resources of interest to you, or click on any of the keywords to see resources sorted by more in-depth topics.

Greek art & archaeology (V472): The study of the material culture of the Greek world from the Bronze Age to 500 AD.

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Link "BAD ARCHAEOLOGY"

“Bad Archaeology: exposing frauds, misconceptions and distortions.” This site maintains that “Bad Archaeology is all around us. Many of its ideas...

Plato, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Timaeus, Critias, Archaeology view
Link ACROPOLIS RESTORATION SERVICE (YSMA)

This link gives you video excerpts from the dismantlement and transportation of metopes from the Parthenon to the Acropolis Museum. The Acropolis...

rthen view
Link AEGEAN PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY: CHRONOLOGY & TERMINOLOGY

There is a useful Guide to Chronology and Terminology on Dartmouth College’s Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology website.

Chronology, Minoan, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Bronze Age, Greece, Crete view
Link ARTHUR EVANS ARCHIVE

The Arthur Evans archive consists of the archaeological records and papers of Sir Arthur Evans (Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1884–1908), which...

Arthur Evans, Minoan, Minoans, Knossos, Ashmolean Museum view
Link ARTHUR EVANS: 'THE PALACE OF MINOS'

This link takes you to a digital version of SirArthur Evans' monumntal publication The Palace of Minos on the website of Heidelberg...

Greek culture, Arthur Evans, Palace of Minos, Minoan, Minoans, Crete, Archaeology view
Link ATLANTIPEDIA

Typing ‘Atlantis’ into a web browser will bring up over 93 million results. This website, ‘Atlantipedia’, helps to narrow down the options and...

Atlantis, Pseudoscience, Pseudoarchaeology, Plato view
Image collection Saite official, c. 570-526 BCE, Saite official, c. 570-526 BCE

[Plato, Timaeus 21e] Critias replied, ‘In Egypt, at the apex of the Delta, where the stream of the River Nile divides, there is an...

Atlantis, Plato, Sais, Egypt, Solon, Herodotus, Critias, Timaeus, Archaeology, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience view
Link Atlantis Scout

This website compiled by Thorwald C. Franke offers "approaches at an academic level towards Plato's Atlantis as a real place, along with a large...

Atlantis, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Plato view
Course British Collectors of Classical Antiquities

This course is an exploration of British collectors of classical antiquities, their activities and attitudes, and the wider influence of this...

Sir John Soane, Sir William Hamilton, Elgin Marbles, Ashmolean Musem, Dilettanti, C.R. Cockerell, Lord Elgiin, Collectors, Enlightenment, Long 18th Century, Arundel Marbles, Pomfret Marbles, Wedgwood view
Link CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THE GREEK BRONZE AGE

This link takes you to the Greek Ministry of Culture’s chronological chart of the Greek Bronze Age

Bronze Age, Greece, Crete, Minoan, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Chronology view
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