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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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.
Read moreThe City or Great Dionysia
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.
Read moreThe Panathenaia Festival
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.
Read moreThe Lupercalia Festival
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.
Read moreDomestic Devotion in the Ancient Roman World
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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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.
Read moreWood
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.
Read moreIncense
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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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.
Read moreLead
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.
Read moreFabric
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.
Read moreClay
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.
Read moreFlowers
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.
Read moreThe Archaeology of Pilgrimage
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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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.
Read moreDivinity
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.
Read moreBodies
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.
Read moreObjects
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.
Read morePlace
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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