The Athens University Review of Archaeology (AURA) is an international, peer-reviewed archaeological journal published annually by the Faculty of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. It is dedicated to the publication of original research articles and reports focusing on, or related to the archaeology, art and material culture in the broader Greek world, from the earliest Prehistory to the Modern Era.
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ISSN: 2623-3428 (digital), 2623-3436 (print)
Vol 8 (2025)
Full Issue
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Table of Contents
Papers
| Aegean-style pottery from the old excavations at Alalakh: chronological and socio-historical implications | |
| Dimitris Papageorgiou | 11-30 |
| Tα Λουτρά του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου. Ο μετασχηματισμός μιας παρόδιας πηγής σε αρχαιολογικό χώρο | PDF (Greek) |
| Μαρία Τριανταφυλλίδου | 31-56 |
| Προβάλλοντας τους κρατίστους. Πρακτικές τίμησης και η δύναμη της εικόνας και του λόγου στην ελληνική πόλη της Αυτοκρατορικής περιόδου | PDF (Greek) |
| Γεώργιος Κουκοβασίλης | 57-88 |
| Ξανά-ανασκάπτοντας τον αγαλματικό θησαυρό του Πειραιά | PDF (Greek) |
| Κυριακή Ψαράκη, Μαρία Γρηγοριάδου, Αλέξανδρος Ανδρέου | 89-109 |
| Παραβέλα Άργους Ορεστικού: Η μαρτυρία των νομισμάτων | PDF (Greek) |
| Αναστασία Περυσινάκη | 111-168 |
Special Section: Alexandrian Memoryscapes: Funerary art in Alexandria
| Funerary art in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Hellenistic Necropoleis of Alexandria | |
| Dimitris Plantzos, Nikolas Dimakis | 173-174 |
| Introduction: Alexandrian Memoryscapes | |
| Dimitris Plantzos | 175-185 |
| Some thoughts on the “Hellenistic Necropolis” | |
| Nikolas Dimakis | 187-196 |
| Shatby and Mostapha Kamel: Two 3rd century BCE Cemeteries, Two Phases of Funerary Art in Alexandria | |
| Mona Haggag | 197-211 |
| Cremation: From Greece to Egypt | |
| Hussein Abd El-Asiz | 213-221 |
| Commemoration of the Dead: Ptolemaic Alexandrian Tomb Stelae and Loculi Slabs | |
| Fathia Gaber Ebrahim | 223-237 |
| Styling social identity in Alexandrian funerary painting | |
| Dimitris Plantzos | 239-240 |
| Religious traditions and syncretism at Alexandria’s Western Necropolis | |
| Kyriakos Savvopoulos | 251-268 |
| Collective Burial in Hellenistic Alexandria and Cyprus | |
| Tom Landvatter | 269-278 |
Book Reviews
| Book review of Jeremy McInerney, Centaurs and Snake-Kings: Hybrids and the Greek Imagination, Cambridge University Press 2024 | PDF (Greek) |
| Elena C. Partida | 287-293 |
| Book Review of R. Panvini – F. Nicoletti (a.c.d.), Archeologia in Sicilia nel Secondo Dopoguerra. Atti del Convegno (Catania, 4-5 ottobre 2019), Palermo, 2020 | PDF (Greek) |
| Paolo Daniele Scirpo | 295-301 |
