Recovering the Past: Egypt and Greece

Few ancient cultures have been studied as intensely as ancient Egypt and Greece.  But how exactly do we learn about these ancient cultures and their connections?  This multimedia event looks at the many ways in which the Graeco-Egyptian past has been recovered.  Come and find out all about it—the recuperation of texts on papyri, the […]

Iconising the Classical: Pompeii in Silent Cinema

University of Cambridge

Professor Maria Wyke (UCL) 'How Cinema Takes Elite Engagements with Pompeii and Democraticises Them as Image/Word/Music for Mass Consumption' Professor  Paul Cartledge (Emeritus A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge) A leading figure in the emergence of Classical Reception Studies since the 1990s, Wyke is perhaps best known for her pioneering work on ancient […]