29 October: 20th TEXNH-Lecture: “In the footsteps of the Mycenean tekton. Reconstructing the facade of the Treasury of Atreus”, by Ms. Maria Kontaki & Dr. Kostas Paschalidis (Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)

Mycènes, Péloponnèse. « Trésor des Atrides » dit aussi « Tombeau d’Agamemnon » © Musée Guimet, Paris, Distr. Rmn / Image Guimet

The Netherlands Institute at Athens is very happy to announce a lecture, a collaboration of the Royal Museums of Art and History Brussels, The National Archaeological Museum Athens, The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, The École française d’Athènes, The University College Roosevelt (NL) and KU Leuven (B), by

Ms. Maria Kontaki, Architect and Conservator of Antiquities, Hellenic National Archaeological Museum

&

Dr. Kostas Paschalidis, Curator at the Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities, Hellenic National Archaeological Museum

“In the footsteps of the Mycenean tekton. Reconstructing the facade of the Treasury of Atreus”

29 October 2026, at 18.00, at the Netherlands Institute at Athens.

Discussant: Prof. Ann Brysbaert, Professor in Ancient Technologies, Materials and Crafts of the East Mediterranean, KU Leuven, Belgium

The lecture will be followed by a discussion and is part of the Lecture series and Discussion Forum TEXNH: Making, creating, and agency networks in the Ancient Mediterranean world.’

The event will also be streamed live. To register for the live-stream please click here

For physical attendance please send an email.

More information on this series can be found here