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BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS 47th Annual Course for Undergraduates The Archaeology and Topography of Ancient Greece 18th August – 7th September 2019
PROVISIONAL ITINERARY
DATE DAY TIME SITE AUGUST 08.30-23.30 Arrival at the BSA Sunday 18 1 20.00 Informal dinner Monday 19 2 08.00-09.30 Breakfast 09.30-10.15 Introductory Session in Finlay Common Room 10.15-11.00 Library and Archive Tour 11.00-11.30 Coffee Break in Finlay 11.30-13.00 Key Themes I: The history of archaeology and the archaeology of history in Greece (Museum) 13.00-14.00 Buffet Lunch in Dining Room 14.00-15.30 Key Themes II: Ways of approaching archaeological sites (Museum) 15.30-17.00 Key Themes III: Archaeological Science (Fitch) 19.30 BBQ on the Finlay Terrace Tuesday 20 3 07.30-08.30 Breakfast 08.30 The Acropolis (including the interior of the Parthenon) (Lunch – self bought) The south Slope of the Acropolis Wednesday 21 4 07.30-08.30 Breakfast 08.30 The Athenian Agora and Museum The Areopagos, Philopappos Hill, The Pnyx (Lunch – self bought) The Acropolis Museum Thursday 22 5 07.30-08.30 Breakfast 08.30 Kerameikos Library of Hadrian (Lunch – self bought) Roman Agora, Little Metropolis, Arch of Hadrian, Temple of Olympian Zeus Friday 23 6 07.30-08.30 Breakfast 08.30 The National Archaeological Museum I (Mycenaean gallery, Pottery collection) (Lunch – self bought) The National Archaeological Museum II (Sculpture collection) Saturday 24 7 08.00-09.00 Breakfast 09.00 Piraeus Museum FREE AFTERNOON Sunday 25 8 FREE DAY 2
Monday 26 9 07.30-08.30 Breakfast 08.30 BSA Museum Cycladic Museum (Lunch – self bought) Byzantine Museum Tuesday 27 10 07.00-08.00 Breakfast 08.00 Delphi (Picnic lunch supplied)
Wednesday 28 11 07.00-08.00 Breakfast 08.00 Brauron Thorikos Sounion (Picnic lunch supplied) Thursday 29 12 07:00-08:00 Breakfast 08.00 Amphiareion at Oropos Rhamnous (Picnic lunch supplied) Friday 30 13 07:00-08:00 Breakfast 08.00 DEPART BSA FOR PELOPONNESE (All lunches now supplied) Eleusis Corinth Nemea Group dinner in Nafplion (Hotel in Nafplion) Saturday 31 14 9.00 Argive Heraion Epidauros (Hotel in Nafplion) September 15 9.00 Tiryns Sunday 1 Mycenae (Hotel in Nafplion) Monday 2 16 8.30 Sparta Olive Museum Mystras (Hotel in Mystras) Tuesday 3 17 8.30 Methone Koroni (Hotel in Kalamata) Wednesday 4 18 8.30 Palace of Nestor Pylos castle (Hotel in Kalamata) Thursday 5 19 8.30 Messene Bassai (including interior of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios) (Hotel in Olympia) 3
Friday 6 20 9.00 Olympia and its Museum Group farewell dinner (Hotel in Olympia) Saturday 7 21 Depart Olympia for Athens Airport, to arrive c.15.00