Alexandrian Funerary Archaeology is the topic of this open half-day study meeting organized by The Alexandrian Necropolis Project.
Program:
17.00-17.15: Welcome addresses by the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, and the Dean of the School of Philosophy, Professor Achilleas Chaldaiakis
17.15-17.45: Dimitris Plantzos, Professor of Classical Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: To Live and Die in Ptolemaic Alexandria: The Story so Far
17.45-18.15: Opening lecture by Mona Haggag, Professor Emerita of Classical Archaeology, University of Alexandria, President of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria, Egypt: Fusion of Egyptian-Greek art in the Alexandrian Tombs and the Creation of an Alexandrian (Ptolemaic) Style
18.15-18.45: Kyriakos Savvopoulos, Researcher of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria: Funerary Architecture in Hellenistic Alexandria
18.45-19.15: Nikolas Dimakis, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Funerary Practices and Funerary Contexts in Alexandrian Archaeology
19.15-20.00: Discussion
The meeting is open to all.