Lecture by Professor Jørgen Christian Meyer

A lecture entitled "The Byzantine urban fortress at Kastro Apalirou, Naxos - Results and questions from recent field work", will be held at the Norwegian Institute at Monday March 26th at 19:00. David Hill, archaeologist at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, will present the results.

The Greek-Norwegian couple Alexandros Tsakos and Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos have worked in Sudan for several years. Take part in their adventures through a photo exhibition in Rethymno, Crete.

The island Euboea can be seen as a "bridge" between the mainland and the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean Sea. Despite a lot of archaeological work in the area, its prehistory is still not well understood. Archaeologist Zarko Tankosic shared his insights from his own fieldwork and more at The Norwegian Institute, Thursday July 7 2011.

Many of the Greek tragedies make a great deal of meaning to us today, and we often refer to them as timeless. But do the ancient plays mean the same to us as to the ancient Greeks? Professor Synnøve des Bouvrie’s clear answer to this is ‘no’. She presented her controversial theory in her lecture at The Norwegian Institute at Athens 4 April.