We were busy this past summer working at the Sanctuary of Zeus in Ancient Nemea, providing some much-needed TLC to major and minor areas of the archaeological park. If you visited the site or the museum this summer, you may have seen our team working on top of the Early Christian Basilica which is one … Continue Reading »
UDAR visits Nemea
|The Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology is back in Greece for its first full field season since 2019! We’re inaugurating our season in a number of ways: we’re conducting a museum study season in Mycenae, we’re gearing up for fieldwork in Nemea, we’re welcoming back old team members, training new team members, and preparing … Continue Reading »
RTI Training for Graduate Students
|Between Monday, May 9th and Wednesday, May 11th, graduate students affiliated with the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology (AHMA & DAGRS) took part in an ‘RTI workshop’ at Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI), a non-profit organization in San Francisco. RTI, or Reflectance Transformation Imaging, is a photographic method that captures an object’s shape and color to … Continue Reading »
Dr. Shelton shares the work of the Nemea Center with the UC Berkeley Retirement Community
|Our director, Dr. Kim Shelton, recently presented the work of the Nemea Center to members of the UC Berkeley Retirement Center. The lecture is available online for anyone interested in learning about our work! The presentation covers UC Berkeley’s long history of bringing the past to the present through the archaeological investigation of the Panhellenic … Continue Reading »
Nemea Night 2021 is a wrap!
|[pbs_component_photo title=”Prof. Stephen G. Miller” image_id=”2265″ /] Thank you to our donors, colleagues, and friends for joining us on Monday, December 6th 2021 for the second virtual Nemea Night! The evening began with a lovely tribute to Director Emeritus of the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology and long-time DAGRS faculty member, Dr. Stephen G. Miller. … Continue Reading »
Nemea by Night
|A night sky for the sky god Professional photographer Ilias Karatzoulis recently visited the site of ancient Nemea where he was able to capture some fantastic images of the Temple of Zeus against the backdrop of the incredible night sky. Karatzoulis is an experienced astrophotographer and we’re beyond grateful that he chose to share his … Continue Reading »
Recent Updates from the Nemea Center Team!
|[pbs_component_photo title=”Dr. Stephanie Kimmey” image_id=”2068″ text=”Archaeological Museum of Ancient Nemea” /] Dr. Stephanie Kimmey, registrar at the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Nemea, recently engaged in a virtual conversation with Dr. Theodora B. Kopestonsky for the Contingent Faculty Series Blog on the Society for Classical Studies website. The conversation (which can be read here) started with … Continue Reading »
“Skeleton Crew” 2021
|[pbs_component_photo title=”Pictured above (from left): Madolyn Hyytiainen-Jacobson, Sophie Cushman, Dr. Stephanie Kimmey, Liz Keyser, Dr. Kim Shelton, and David Wheeler” image_id=”2023″ /] We’re back in the field… sort of! We are back in the field at the prehistoric cemetery of Aidonia with our “skeleton crew” (hehe, see what we did there?). This summer, travel and … Continue Reading »
Dr. Shelton delivers keynote address at international conference
|Pictured above: A compilation image of Dr. Shelton’s PowerPoint presentation, featuring an aerial view of the Cult Center at Mycenae. Time and technology were no barrier to Dr. Shelton’s successful delivery of a keynote address. On Wednesday, June 23rd 2021, Dr. Kim Shelton delivered the keynote address at the the 8th Conference in Aegean … Continue Reading »
Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times
|[pbs_component_photo title=”Dr. Kim Shelton” image_id=”1988″ /] A hearty congratulations to Dr. Kim Shelton, Director of the Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology! Recently Dr. Shelton received a U.C. Berkeley “Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times” Award! She won this award in particular for her successful transformation of the Introduction to Greek Archaeology class (in which she … Continue Reading »