American School of Classical Studies in Athens

The Megalopolis Basin in the Peloponnese was among the southernmost ecological refuges in Europe during the glacial periods of the Middle Pleistocene, according to the results of a five-year program of surface and geoarchaeological research recently completed by the Culture Ministry and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA).

The Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA) will organize a live webinar featuring University of Ioannina Professor Alexander Alexakis on "Byzantine Intellectuals Having Fun in Justinianic Constantinople," on Tuesday, February 2, at 7 p.m.

The Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA) will organize a live webinar featuring Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m.

US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (center) poses at the inauguration of the new wing of the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA), Monday. Library director Maria Georgopoulou is to his right and ASCSA director Jenifer Neils and benefactor Deno Macricostas to his left.

Two distinguished Greek-American academics, astrophysicist Vicky Kalogera and computer science Professor Mihalis Yannakakis, were elected this week into the US National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their contribution to their respective fields.

More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon — the first recorded Olympic champion — tried to take over the city of Athens and install himself as its sole ruler.

Two archaeological findings in Greece - namely the so-called Antikythera Man and a mass grave at the Phaleron (present-day Faliro) Delta, south of Athens - have been included in the "Top 10 Discoveries of 2016" by Archaeology magazine. The publication is issued by the Archaeological Institute of America.

In sociology, deviant behavior can be either malum in se, meaning wrong in itself, or malum prohibita, wrong because it is prohibited. The term deviant is also used to define the mystery of an ancient necropolis unearthed at the Phaleron (present-day Faliro) Delta, where classical archaeology has called on the help of CSI-style archaeologists from the Malcolm H.

In association with the Schwarz Foundation, the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens is hosting a series of classical music concerts featuring featuring Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Performances take place at the library's Cotsen Hall on September 28, 29 and 30 and October 1.

John Sibthorp was only 24 when he was appointed Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford at the end of the 18th century. An ambitious scientist who wished to leave his mark in the field of botany, Sibthorp decided to travel to Greece in order to study Europe's "last unexplored plants."