Online Talks
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From the Sport and Competition in Ancient Greece and Rome conference:
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From the Sport and Competition in Ancient Greece and Rome conference, June 2012:
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This is another one from the Sport and Competition in Ancient Rome conference last June at the British Museum:
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This is actually pretty impressive … last October/November the folks at Eastern Illinois University held a symposium on assorted Greek themes (they’ve previously done one on ancient Egypt) and the whole thing is available at Youtube. There are 30+ videos here to occupy your time on various themes: The Ancient Greek Symposium
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The intro: Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens, speaks. In 1924, Swiss archaeologist Emil Forrer announced a new discovery relating to the Trojan War. After examining texts found at Hattusa, once the capital of the Hittite empire in Asia Minor, he identified the Hittite words for Troy (Wilusa) and Mycenaean…