Belgische School te Athene - Ecole belge d'Athènes - Βελγική Σχολή Αθηνών

14/09/2026

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to our first ATLAS lecture for the new academic year.
We will be welcoming Dr. Stefan Kooi, Guest Researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

for a talk entitled:
"Roads, routes, and evolving landscapes: daily movement and settlement dynamics in southern Euboia during the first millennium BC."

On Monday the 21st of September, at 19.00
As always at the joint premises of the NIA and the EBSA

30/07/2026

29/07/2026

His Excellency, the ambassador of Belgium in Greece and Cyprus, mr Marc Calcoen and Mrs Miek Declercq visited our Sissi archaeological project today.

Embassy of Belgium in Greece and Cyprus
https://www.facebook.com/groups/125411007818/permalink/10164402722477819/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

12/07/2026

We are happy to announce the beginning of this year's excavation program of the EBSA & ULB in the Necropolis of Itanos. The team started fieldwork on Monday 6th July.

22/06/2026

Our Itanos is part of the project!

ANEMOS delivers the first integrated bioarchaeological study of Early Iron Age Crete, a crucial region in the transformation of Mediterranean societies after the collapse of Bronze Age palatial systems. Despite rich archaeological evidence, the identities, movements, diets, and lived experiences of the people themselves remain poorly understood.

ANEMOS fills these gaps by conducting interdisciplinary research on human remains from thirteen cemeteries, using osteology, FTIR-ATR, radiocarbon dating, and multi-isotope analysis of mobility and diet. This approach, unprecedented in EIA Mediterranean archaeology, reconstructs demographic structure, health, dietary strategies, and childhood and adult mobility at micro-, meso-, and macro-scales.

ANEMOS will produce the first absolute chronology for human remains on EIA Crete and enrich the current biogeochemical baseline for mobility and subsistence on the island. By integrating these results with regional publications and broader evidence from the Aegean, Cyprus, Anatolia, Egypt, and the Levant, the project illuminates how communities negotiated identity, ancestry, and connectivity in a period of profound social change.

ANEMOS advances archaeological interpretation beyond typology by grounding debates on migration, cultural interaction, and resilience in direct evidence from the people who lived these processes. It establishes a transformative framework for future research on mobility and adaptation in post-palatial societies.
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Funding: Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen

Fellowship: Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2029

Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr Ioannis Chatzikonstantinou

Supervisor: Prof. Christophe Snoeck

Host Institution: Archaeology, Environmental Changes and Geochemistry Research Group. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Co-supervisors: Prof. Didier Viviers (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium), Prof. Athena Tsingarida (University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium), Prof. Irene Lemos (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

20/06/2026

Congratulations to Dipylon Society for the new Series, and a touching first episode.

📢Το Δίπυλον εγκαινιάζει μια νέα σειρά συνεντεύξεων με αρχαιολόγους της Αρχαιολογικής Υπηρεσίας!

Στο επίκεντρο βρίσκονται οι άνθρωποι που αφιέρωσαν τη ζωή και το έργο τους στην αποκάλυψη της ιστορίας της Αθήνας. Μέσα από προσωπικές μαρτυρίες, οι αρχαιολόγοι μοιράζονται εμπειρίες από το πεδίο, φωτίζοντας τη συναρπαστική πορεία της αρχαιολογικής έρευνας και τα «αφανή» μνημεία που παραμένουν κρυμμένα κάτω από τον σύγχρονο αστικό ιστό.
Σας προσκαλούμε να γνωρίσουμε την άγνωστη Αθήνα που κρύβεται κάτω από τα πόδια μας, αλλά και τους ανθρώπους που μας έμαθαν να τη βλέπουμε!

📽️Επισκεφτείτε τη νέα ενότητα «Συνεντεύξεις» του ιστοτόπου του έργου «Χαρτογραφώντας τις Αρχαιότητες των Αθηνών» κάνοντας κλικ εδώ 👉https://mappingancientathens.org/gr/sinenteyxeis/ και παρακολουθήστε τη συνέντευξη του αρχαιολόγου, διδάκτορα κλασικής αρχαιολογίας, Γιώργου Καββαδία (Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο).

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📢 Dipylon Society inaugurates a new series of interview-documentaries featuring archaeologists from the Archaeological Service!

The focus is on the people who have dedicated their lives and work to uncovering the history of Athens. Through personal testimonies, archaeologists share experiences from the field, illuminating the fascinating course of archaeological research and the "hidden" monuments that remain buried beneath the modern urban fabric.
We invite you to discover the unknown Athens that is hidden beneath our feet, as well as the people who taught us how to see it!

📽️ Visit the new "Interviews" section on the "Mapping Ancient Athens" project website by clicking here 👉https://mappingancientathens.org/en/interviews/ and watch the interview with archaeologist and Doctor of Classical Archaeology, George Kavvadias (National Archaeological Museum).

14/06/2026

The MA Programs “Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology” and “Archaeology and History of the Ancient World: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity” are pleased to announce the 2nd MEDITARCH – ANCIENT WORLD conference, which will take place on 17 October 2025 at the Library Auditorium of th...