Category: iSamothrace
Conical Bowls = Ancient Plastic Bowl?
As Arielle mentioned previously, we have been tasked to help with the Eastern Hill display for the renovation of the museum. One category of objects that will be on display is the locally produced Samothracian bowl, otherwise referred to as the conical bowl. Over tens of thousands of bowls have been discovered in various locations…
Some Geological Features of Samothrace
Since arriving on Samothrace, I’ve spent quite a bit of my free time wandering along the shore looking for special finds to add to my collection, so the pile of beach stones in my little room at the Xenia has been steadily growing. I hate to admit that I may need to abandon some clothing…
Anastelosis of the Hall of Choral Dancers
Archaeologists don’t usually dig up standing buildings. Instead, we unearth individual blocks and attempt to fit them together, first on paper and, when possible, in a physical reconstruction. Parts of the sanctuary’s Hieron (above) were lovingly restored in the 1950s. This summer, our team is investigating whether it will be possible to reconstruct sections of…
How to Remain Fashionable on an Archaeological Dig
Hello everyone! Today is the one-month anniversary of our arrival at the dig site, and judging from our battle scars of various bug bites, scrapes, bumps, bruises, cuts and sunburns, we’ve become exemplars of the hazards from not only working at an excavation site, but living on an island more hospitable to wolf spiders, centipedes…
Off the Wall
During ancient times, visitors to the sanctuary would sail to the ancient harbor, then enter the ancient city before passing through the city walls in order to gain access to the sanctuary itself. We are always eager for new challenges here at Samothrace, so when the opportunity came to hike up the ancient city wall…
News from Hall E
Work on the Sanctuary of the Great Gods is always buzzing, even when excavations are not taking place. This season, the archaeologists at Samothrace are focusing on the publication of previous findings from the site, the reinstallation of the island’s archaeological museum and new research on previously excavated items. I’m a graduate student in art…
Conservation Works and Days
Greetings from Samothrace! We’re already a few weeks into the 2011 study season here at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods. This year, conservation efforts are focused on preparing objects for museum exhibition and retreating objects to stabilize them for long term storage. Emily and I are graduate students at New York University’s Institute of…
My Neighbors
Here on Samothrace, we live the some of the largest and strangest creatures out there. It is always and adventure to go out onto the site and find new things that we never knew existed before (granted most of the time I am happy not knowing some bugs existed). After braving the bugs of the…
Pictures of Samothrace
This colorful wild life is found on our 2 minute walk from the hotel to the beach. With the calm waters of the Aegean this is about as much waves as we get in the summer.
From Fragment to 3D Model
I am working on the 3D model of the ruins here at Samothrace and I thought I’d write about how we get from the fragments to the completed 3D model. As an example I picked the anta capital on the Dedication of Phillip III and Alexander IV. It all starts with the fragments of the…