Imitations and Interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean

22/01/2023

ITEM’s workshop was the opportunity to discuss the project’s final results. Proceedings are already in preparation and will be available in Open Access. Stay tuned for more updates!

19/04/2022

Second part of the project's mission study: the University of Pennsylvania, established by Benjamin Franklin himself. Built in 1887 to house discoveries from the American excavation at Nippur (Iraq), the Penn Museum now features one of the most comprehensive collections of near-eastern archaeological artefacts in the USA.

08/04/2022

A (too) short week studying some of the most beautiful artefacts of the Metropolitan Museum, New York

18/11/2021

Studying transpositions of Cypriot shapes. The publication of these gorgeous stone vessels is coming soon!

17/11/2021

So glad to be back on the field and to have the privilege of studying fascinating imitations of Cypriot wares at Petrie Museum Unofficial Page 🤩

02/07/2021

As Musée du Louvre is welcoming visitors again, I had to pay a visit to these gorgeous glass transpositions of Cypriot juglets at the Department of Egyptian Antiquities 🤩🤩

10/06/2021

After months of home office, ITEM is finally back on the field! Enjoying a productive material study at the gorgeous Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint Germain-en-Laye, France.

28/05/2021

A new article is waiting for you on ITEM's blog (in French)! This new "billet" deals with stone vessels, Egypt, and outstanding objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 🤩👇👇

Un exemple de transposition : les vases en pierre égyptiens de style Base-Ring 28/04/2021Pour une archéologie des échanges en Méditerranée orientaleSarah Vilain La transposition est un phénomène bien attesté dans l’Egypte ancienne. Différente de l’imitation, elle consiste à « déplac...

12/03/2021

ITEM was selected for the poster session of the Marie Curie Alumni Conference 2021! Such enlighting talks on how to rethink research in times of crisis. If you missed it, all talks and poster session lightning speaches will soon be available on https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/2021-conference/home

26/02/2021

CAENL 9 is now in open access! You can check out my paper "Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery?" and all great contributions by so many valuable colleagues! Please, follow this link : https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/titel_6458.ahtml

22/02/2021

➡ CyI Wins Multi-Million EU Grant for Archaeological Science Research

👉 The Cyprus Institute has secured a €4 million grant from the European Union to conduct high quality research in the fields of archaeological science and cultural heritage. The EU-funded programme entitled “Training the next generation of archaeological scientists: Interdisciplinary studies of pre-modern Plasters and Ceramics from the eastern Mediterranean”, or PlaCe-ITN in short, is an Innovative Training Network that aims at training early-stage researchers to conduct state-of-the-art, science-based research on the technology, use, and provenance of the most abundant materials in archaeological sites. Funding is provided by Horizon2020, the EU Research and Innovation funding programme, as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action running from 2021 to 2025 STARC - Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center

➡ Read more info: https://www.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/in-focus/cyi-wins-multi-million-eu-grant-for-archaeological-science-research.html

13/02/2021

Still mostly working from home, but I was able to spend one day at the office this week to enjoy research - and a little bit of snow at Université Paris Nanterre MSH Mondes ❄️❄️