Belonging in/to Place. Religious Conversations with the Environment in Ancient Greece and Egypt

Internationellt symposium: Mountain worlds

2026-10-19


Varmt väl­kom­na till det internationella symposiet Mountain worlds

Belonging in/to Place. Religious Conversations with the Environment in Ancient Greece and Egypt.

Workshoppen äger rum den 9 november 2026 på Svenska institutet i Athen (SIA).

Program:

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

Organisationskommittén:
- Hans Beck, Achim Lichtenberger, Angelika Lohwasser (Cluster of Excellence, Münster)
- Jenny Wallensten (SIA)
- Dietrich Raue, Klara Dietze (DAI Cairo)

Varmt välkomna!

Bifogade filer: Poster, Flyer & programme

Andra delen av det internationella symposiet, River worlds, äger rum den 12 november 2026 på Tyska arkeologiska institutet i Kairo (DAI Cairo).


Utskriven: 2026-10-19
Från sidan: Svenska institutet i Athen
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