About the Journal

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.

Current Issue

Vol. 8 (2025)
Published: 2025-09-10

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Papers

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
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.6

  • Introduction: Alexandrian Memoryscapes

    Dimitris Plantzos
    175-185
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.7

  • Some thoughts on the “Hellenistic Necropolis”

    Nikolas Dimakis
    187-196
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.8

  • Shatby and Mostapha Kamel: Two 3rd century BCE Cemeteries, Two Phases of Funerary Art in Alexandria

    Mona Haggag
    197-211
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.9

  • Cremation: From Greece to Egypt

    Hussein Abd El-Asiz
    213-221
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.10

  • Commemoration of the Dead: Ptolemaic Alexandrian Tomb Stelae and Loculi Slabs

    Fathia Gaber Ebrahim
    223-237
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.11

  • Styling social identity in Alexandrian funerary painting

    Dimitris Plantzos
    239-240
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.12

  • Religious traditions and syncretism at Alexandria’s Western Necropolis

    Kyriakos Savvopoulos
    251-268
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.13

  • Collective Burial in Hellenistic Alexandria and Cyprus

    Tom Landvatter
    269-278
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.14

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ISSN: 2623-3428 (digital), 2623-3436 (print)