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Amulets in Ancient Rome and Beyond

March 10, 2025 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

An audio discussion recorded after the seminar given by Patricia Kret (‘Reuse in the creation and use of Greco-Roman amulets’) on 24th February 2025.

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The Saturnalia

September 27, 2023 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Presenting a new animation about the Saturnalia festival, produced by Fettle Animation in collaboration with The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion.

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The City or Great Dionysia

September 24, 2023 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Presenting a new animation about the Great Dionysia festival, produced by Fettle Animation in collaboration with The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion.

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The Panathenaia Festival

September 22, 2023 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Presenting a new animation about the Panathenaia festival, produced by Fettle Animation in collaboration with The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion.

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The Lupercalia Festival

September 14, 2023 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Presenting a new animation about the Lupercalia festival, produced by Fettle Animation in collaboration with The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion.

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Domestic Devotion in the Ancient Roman World

June 22, 2023 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

An audio discussion recorded after the seminar given by Dr Alexandra Sofroniew (‘From public to private: votive religion returns to the home’) on 4th May 2023.

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Blood

February 1, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Professor Gunnel Ekroth and Dr Jack Lennon discuss ritual uses of water in ancient Greece and Mesopotamia, in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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Wood

January 29, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

In this video recording from our seminar series ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’, Michael Bamforth and Dr Katie Rask discuss ritual uses of wood in the ancient world.

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Incense

January 28, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Professor Adeline Grand-Clément and Professor Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme discuss ritual uses of water in ancient Greece and Mesopotamia, in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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Water

January 26, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Dr Signe Barfoed and Dr Anna Perdibon discuss ritual uses of water in ancient Greece and Mesopotamia, in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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Lead

January 25, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Professor Hugh Bowden and Professor Richard Gordon discuss ritual uses of lead in ancient Greece and Rome, in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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Fabric

January 24, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Mary Danisi and Dr Alexandra Sofroniew discuss fabric and weaving in ancient Greece and pre-Roman Italy in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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Clay

January 14, 2022 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Dr Stephanie Langin-Hooper and Dr Anna-Katharina Rieger discuss clay in ancient Rome and Babylonia in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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Flowers

November 4, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Dr Cameron McNeil and Dr Patty Baker discuss flowers in ancient Mayan and ancient Roman rituals in this video recording from ‘The Materials of Ancient Religion’ seminar series.

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The Archaeology of Pilgrimage

November 4, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Recordings of presentations from ‘The Archaeology of Pilgrimage in Ancient Italy’, an online workshop organised jointly by the Accordia Research Institute, the Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion, and the Institute of Classical Studies (University of London).

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Magic

October 1, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Dr Stuart McKie, Adam Parker and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham discuss approaches to ancient magic in this video recording of ‘Reassembling Ancient Religion’ Seminar 5.

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Divinity

June 13, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Professor Robin Osborne, Professor Graham Harvey and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham discuss the nature of divinity in this video recording of ‘Reassembling Ancient Religion’ Seminar 4.

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Bodies

April 12, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Tulsi Parikh, Professor Phil Perkins and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham discuss the significance of bodies in ancient religion in this video recording of ‘Reassembling Ancient Religion’ Seminar 3.

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Objects

March 9, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Dr Eva Mol, Dr Eleanor Betts and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham discuss objects (and theories about objects) in this video recording of ‘Reassembling Ancient Religion’ Seminar 2.

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Place

February 18, 2021 Centre for Ancient Material Religion The Open University

Dr Claudia Moser, Dr Jessica Hughes and Dr Emma-Jayne Graham discuss concepts of religious place in this video recording of ‘Reassembling Ancient Religion’ Seminar 1.

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