Dr. Zosia Archibald

It is. It's a fantastic find. I wrote a master's thesis about the Panagioriste treasure. And it is. It's a very, very extraordinary find. It was displayed in the British Museum just over a year ago.

It is. It's a fantastic find. I wrote a master's thesis about the Panagioriste treasure. And it is. It's a very, very extraordinary find. It was displayed in the British Museum just over a year ago.

It is. It's a fantastic find. I wrote a master's thesis about the Panagioriste treasure. And it is. It's a very, very extraordinary find. It was displayed in the British Museum just over a year ago.

It's also part of the finds that are on display at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Villa in Malibu. The Panagiarista treasure is a collection of drinking vessels made entirely of gold. This is absolutely extraordinary because very little gold tableware survives from any period. We hear about Renaissance gold plates and things, but you don't often find them surviving.

It's also part of the finds that are on display at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Villa in Malibu. The Panagiarista treasure is a collection of drinking vessels made entirely of gold. This is absolutely extraordinary because very little gold tableware survives from any period. We hear about Renaissance gold plates and things, but you don't often find them surviving.

It's also part of the finds that are on display at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Villa in Malibu. The Panagiarista treasure is a collection of drinking vessels made entirely of gold. This is absolutely extraordinary because very little gold tableware survives from any period. We hear about Renaissance gold plates and things, but you don't often find them surviving.

They've usually been melted down. So the Panagirishtha treasure is unique because of this factor. and it was buried until the late 1940s, so it survived accidentally. But what is even more extraordinary about it is the way in which particular vessel forms are connected with relief imagery, imagery represented in repoussé, figures.

They've usually been melted down. So the Panagirishtha treasure is unique because of this factor. and it was buried until the late 1940s, so it survived accidentally. But what is even more extraordinary about it is the way in which particular vessel forms are connected with relief imagery, imagery represented in repoussé, figures.

They've usually been melted down. So the Panagirishtha treasure is unique because of this factor. and it was buried until the late 1940s, so it survived accidentally. But what is even more extraordinary about it is the way in which particular vessel forms are connected with relief imagery, imagery represented in repoussé, figures.

So we have animal representations, we have figure scenes from Greek mythology. Now, it is worth considering whether some of these myths were shared myths rather than being exclusively Greek myths. Even to suggest this is a little bit But many myths from the remote past were Indo-European myths. They weren't exclusively Greek or Italian or Anatolian.

So we have animal representations, we have figure scenes from Greek mythology. Now, it is worth considering whether some of these myths were shared myths rather than being exclusively Greek myths. Even to suggest this is a little bit But many myths from the remote past were Indo-European myths. They weren't exclusively Greek or Italian or Anatolian.

So we have animal representations, we have figure scenes from Greek mythology. Now, it is worth considering whether some of these myths were shared myths rather than being exclusively Greek myths. Even to suggest this is a little bit But many myths from the remote past were Indo-European myths. They weren't exclusively Greek or Italian or Anatolian.

But they take different forms in different linguistic traditions. And here I'd like to point to another truly remarkable piece of archaeology, which is the head of King Seuthes III.

But they take different forms in different linguistic traditions. And here I'd like to point to another truly remarkable piece of archaeology, which is the head of King Seuthes III.

But they take different forms in different linguistic traditions. And here I'd like to point to another truly remarkable piece of archaeology, which is the head of King Seuthes III.

It is. It's one of the finest bronze portrait heads ever. and indeed one of the earliest surviving portrait heads from antiquity. And it was found in the entrance to a tomb, a tomb that was not looted and therefore contained a lot of the original artifacts. But this head originally belonged to a complete statue. And the head was

It is. It's one of the finest bronze portrait heads ever. and indeed one of the earliest surviving portrait heads from antiquity. And it was found in the entrance to a tomb, a tomb that was not looted and therefore contained a lot of the original artifacts. But this head originally belonged to a complete statue. And the head was

It is. It's one of the finest bronze portrait heads ever. and indeed one of the earliest surviving portrait heads from antiquity. And it was found in the entrance to a tomb, a tomb that was not looted and therefore contained a lot of the original artifacts. But this head originally belonged to a complete statue. And the head was

cut off rather roughly, presumably after the death of Cephas III, and placed in the entrance of the tomb. So why cut off the bronze head of a statue and put it in the tomb? Because it then becomes a severed head. And in a recent article, which is freely available online, I have suggested, and I'm not the first person to suggest this, but I think it's an independently suggested thing.

cut off rather roughly, presumably after the death of Cephas III, and placed in the entrance of the tomb. So why cut off the bronze head of a statue and put it in the tomb? Because it then becomes a severed head. And in a recent article, which is freely available online, I have suggested, and I'm not the first person to suggest this, but I think it's an independently suggested thing.