Mountain worlds – Belonging in/to Place: Religious Conversations with the Environment in Ancient Greece and Egypt
International Symposium
Published: 2026-10-19
All welcome to the International Symposium
Mountain worlds
Belonging in/to Place: Religious Conversations with the Environment in Ancient Greece and Egypt.
The symposium takes place on November 9, 2026 at the Swedish Institute in Athens (SIA).
Programme:
9:00 Introduction & Welcome
9:15 Oliver Pilz (DAI Athens) Artemis on Mount Lapithos: the Sanctuary at Kombothekra within its physical and political landscapes
10:00 Cynthia Marti (Marburg) The Sanctuary of Heracles on Mount Oiti. A staging of religious atmosphere
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Sophia Nomicos (Münster) A sacred landscape? The religious topography of Mount Taygetos
11:45 Alexis Belis (New York) Zeus Kasios: Mountain God or God of the Mountain?
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Lukas Egger (Münster) The relationship between sacral entities and mountains in ancient Egypt
14:45 Axel Frejman (Utrecht) When halfway there is the destination. Sanctuaries in mountain passes as places of community
15:30 Coffee break
15:45 Sabine Huy (Münster) Mountains in Motion. Ash-hills as agents of belonging
16:30 Achim Lichtenberger (Münster) Revisiting the Olympoi of the Peloponnese
17:15 Closing remarks
Organizing Committee:
- Hans Beck, Achim Lichtenberger, Angelika Lohwasser (Cluster of Excellence, Münster)
- Jenny Wallensten (SIA)
- Dietrich Raue, Klara Dietze (DAI Cairo)
Warmly welcome!
Attached files: Poster, Flyer & programme
The second section of the International Symposium on River worlds is held on November 12, 2026 at the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAI Cairo).