The Institute’s Krateros Project is launching a new, exploratory effort to further unlock the text of ancient Greek inscriptions by applying optical character recognition technology to its 30,000-strong collection of epigraphic squeezes.
In the wake of the revelation that over 2,000 objects have been stolen from the British Museum over a number of years, Angelos Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, discusses the implications that this theft has for the Museum's credibility as a repository of monuments.
Few people are familiar with the small Austrian town of Braunau near Salzburg. It is here, at Salzburger Vorstadt 15, that Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889; in that home, he spent the first two months of his life.
For il manifesto, Valentina Porcheddu interviews Angelos Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies,about the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens.
Angelos Chaniotis, current Faculty in the School of Historical Studies, discusses the significance of Pope Francis' recent decision to donate fragments of the Parthenon sculptures held by the Vatican to Greece, and looks at whether this serves as an example for the British Museum to take similar action.
By Angelos
Chaniotis, Professor in the School of Historical Studies:
"The Greek government’s intention to transform the country’s
five most important museums – the National Archaeological Museum
and the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, the...
