Adamantia Vasilogamvrou, excavation director of the archaeological site Ayious Vasileios located in Laconia, Greece, shares the extraordinary discoveries in a lecture on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Getty Villa’s Auditorium.
The finds include tablets in Linear B, the language of the Mycenaean Greeks, as well as a number of significant and precious Mycenaean artefacts including wall paintings and objects crafted from gold, stone, ivory and bronze that suggest a palatial function of the settlement. The excavation was awarded honorable distinction in 2013 by the international Shanghai Archaeology Forum.
Adamantia Vasilogamvrou is director emerita of antiquities for the Greek Ministry of Culture and currently serves as director of The Ayios Vasileios Archaeological Project (AVAP) near Sparta. She has conducted over 200 excavations at different types of settlements and monuments dating from Late Neolithic to Late Roman (4th century B.C. to 4th century AD).
The program is free but a ticket is required; please call (310) 440-7300 or visit getty.edu.