The Samuel Alexander building is a home to the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC), it has a wonderful collection of plaster casts of Ancient Greek Art. In this short post I am going to discuss three of the casts and talk about the history and symbolism of the originals and why plaster casts … Continue reading Some Plaster Casts at the University of Manchester
Category: Art
Object Study: A Peculiar Mummiform Figure
This is my last post of my series 'Egyptian Society and Culture' as my module has now finished. I have found studying Egypt immensely interesting and has broadened my viewpoint considerably. This post is an object study of a strange object in the British Museum. The object can also be viewed here. EA63979 1936,0711.3 Dimensions: … Continue reading Object Study: A Peculiar Mummiform Figure
Achaean League Coinage and Collective Identity – Coin of the Month: September
I've been published elsewhere! I wrote a blog post for the Classics Department at the University of Warwick about Achaean coinage and collective identity. Click on the link below to access the article. https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/numismatics/entry/achaean_league_coinage/
Liverpool, Classical Architecture and Colonialism
In this blog post I discuss how Classical Reception influenced the Architecture of Liverpool. I'd like to thank Hardeep Dhinda for his help and advice on the topic, as it is one I wasn't familiar with. One of the reasons I became interested in the ancient world was due to how it still affects the … Continue reading Liverpool, Classical Architecture and Colonialism
A Variety of Podcasts
Listening to podcasts is a great way to expand your knowledge and to learn more about the world in an easy going manner. I've found some excellent podcasts about archaeology and the ancient world that I want to share with you. Some have wide ranging topics, others are much more specialised, but all of them … Continue reading A Variety of Podcasts
A Mad Miscellany of Dedications and Votives
Votive Offerings and dedications are buildings and art that have been commissioned with the express purpose of honouring someone; be it a god, or man, or a city. Here, I chart a course of dedications from Asia Minor and how they change over time. The Geneleos Group The Geneleos Group is votive offering from the … Continue reading A Mad Miscellany of Dedications and Votives
The Nereid Monument and Lycian Art
The Lycians are a people that are talked about often, but little is firmly known about them (Keen 1998, 1). They were an Anatolian people who inhabited the southern part of what is now Turkey, they were heavily influence by the culture around them especially the Greeks and the Persians. What we do know about … Continue reading The Nereid Monument and Lycian Art