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Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Belgian School at Athens. We are primarily engaged in archaeological research in Greece, which especially includes excavation and survey but also material studies and the publication, presentation and preservation of results. Our main projects are the excavations at Thorikos in South Attica (Lavrion Attikis), and, on the island of Crete, at Sissi (Agiou Nikolaou) and at Itanos (Sitias), both in the Lasithi province.

Apart from these projects, we host a library with a large number of Belgian publications on Greek archaeology, we organise conferences, seminars, courses, and colloquia.

Through this website we hope to reach all those interested in Greek archaeology. Our calendar highlights not only our activities in Greece but also scientific activities related to Greek archaeology organized in Belgium. You can also find guidelines on excavation and research permits, Belgian academic institutions involved in research on Greek soil and heritage

The director
Jan Driessen

Activities in Greece

Happy Easter - Καλό Πάσχα

From all of us at the Belgian School at Athens, the very best wishes for Happy Easter!

Από όλους εμάς στη Βελγική Σχολή Αθηνών, οι καλύτερες ευχές μας για Καλό Πάσχα!

  • Easter_card.pdf

    • Numismatic Seminar April 15th Dimitra Tsangari

    The sixth lecture of this year's Numismatic Seminar is taking place in one week from now, Monday April 15th. Attached, you will find the poster of this lecture to be delivered by Dr Dimitra I. Tsangari (Curator, the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection) on the following topic:
     
    "The Hellenization of the Mediterranean seen through numismatic evidence" [lecture in Greek: Η ελληνοποίηση της Μεσογείου μέσα από τις νομισματικές μαρτυρίες].
     
    Please take note of the following changes related to previous years; the seminar starts at 7 pm and second, it will take place (for the whole seminar) at the ground floor seminar room of the National Research Foundation, Vassileos Konstantinou 48.
     
    You are all welcome!
     
    When: Monday, April 15th, 2019
    Time: 7 pm
    Where: Seminar room of the National Research Foundation, Vassileos Konstantinou 48
  • 2019-04-15-TSAGARI.pdf
    • More activities in Greece

    Activities in Belgium

    Discussing the... Minoans: Le Monde and RTBF

    EBSA's putting forward one of the many aspects of its specialization: Minoan Crete. Our director, Prof. Jan Driessen, discussed "Europe's first civilization" both in "Le Monde" and answered questions live from Cyprus for La Première of the RTBF.
     
    1) Le Monde
    The Minoan civilization under the spots of "Le Monde" and the Belgian teams of the EBSA are among the most important.
     
    https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2019/04/08/les-mysteres-de-la-civilisation-minoenne-se-dissipent_5447481_1650684.html
     
    https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2019/04/08/la-langue-des-minoens-reste-une-enigme_5447472_1650684.html
     
    2) La Première (RTBF)
    If you want to know everything about Minoan languages and society organisation in 10 minutes by one of the top specialists, follow the interview by our director Jan Driessen on Belgian Radio (RTBF) in French. Interview given from Pyla, Cyprus where another Belgian team is excavating!
     
    https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_soir-premiere?id=2483237&cid=2483210&fbclid=IwAR2Mt3p2iOlW3EJpfN_oyUcgXKaFSQBpaNWTFbBZn9bE0URc9AuH4FTkO9Y

    AEGIS Day IV

    AEGIS Day IV: Current Research in AEGIS

    Program:

    Annelies Van de Ven, Never-ending Stories. Writing the Artefact Biography of a Catacomb Squeeze

    Diana Wolf, Micro-Scale vs. Macro-Scale 'Monsters'? Composite Creatures on Minoan Seals and Sealings

    Sylviane Déderix and Aurore Schmitt, News from the Tombs. Primary Burials, Secondary Deposits and Secondary Burials in Protopalatial Sissi

    Anthi Balitsari, Investigating the Middle Bronze Age in Attica: The Case of Marathon

    Workshop organized by UCLouvain, INCAL, CEMA and AEGIS.

    When: Tuesday, April 2nd 2019

    Time: 9-12 am

    Where: GRAAL C.444 UCLouvain

    Information: maud.devolder@uclouvain.be

    More activities in Belgium