• GREECE
    The Ancient Greek Sanctuary of Samothrace

    Samothrace, a small, rocky Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, has a storied past that belies its diminutive size. One of the most rugged of all the Greek islands, its Mt. Saos rises to 1,611 meters (5,285 feet).

  • CULTURE
    UCLA: Pigments in Ancient Greek Painting & Medicine

    Through the scientific analysis of surviving Ancient Greek paintings, this lecture explores the material ecology and intrinsic optical, chemical and microstructural properties of pigments in Late Classical and Hellenistic painting and interrogates how these properties contributed to the paintings’ qualities, aesthetics and function and their technological association with ancient makeup and therapeutic substances, philosophy and early […]