September 2022 – In present-day Romania, archaeologists have discovered twenty-one stylized female figurines and thirteen model chairs—none more than 3 1⁄2 inches in height—inside a vessel at a site where a sanctuary likely stood almost seven thousand years ago. Although the ceramic women all share a similar shape, close inspection reveals variations in their faces … Continue reading Institute for the study of the ancient world opens new exhibition! The First Kings of Europe Project Presents – Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond