The story of the discovery of early bronze age Greece as one of the first great cultural centres of Europe has all the elements that make up a good adventure story: ancient legends, tombs, treasure, lost languages, deception, love, hate, and war. Key to this story are the intriguing but tragic lives of heroes such as Henry Schliemann and Michael Ventris, who should personally be credited with extending our knowledge of early European history by nearly a thousand years into the past. In this informal talk, I will attempt to give a brief account of this exciting story.
Friday, April 9, 2010
#4 Roderik Overzier: The Discovery of Mycenaean Europe
The story of the discovery of early bronze age Greece as one of the first great cultural centres of Europe has all the elements that make up a good adventure story: ancient legends, tombs, treasure, lost languages, deception, love, hate, and war. Key to this story are the intriguing but tragic lives of heroes such as Henry Schliemann and Michael Ventris, who should personally be credited with extending our knowledge of early European history by nearly a thousand years into the past. In this informal talk, I will attempt to give a brief account of this exciting story.
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