March 27, 2005
March 26 Photos: Jackie
From the left: Neha, Laura, Caleb, Katherine, and Nkosi, looking lost tired and lost at the bus stop as we try to figure out how to get to Reading
Inside the Ure with Dr. Amy Smith showing us the plan for the new layout of the museum
An example of a poppas figurine, commonly found in Boeotian tombs
Neha and Peter with a Corinthian perfume jar
Dr. Smith showing Nkosi the painted mask on a pot
Caleb being “enthralled” by a fish plate
A heavily restored rhyton
Katherine and Laura examining a metallic-looking ceramic kylix
Neha demonstrating how a face is visible on the drinking cup when it is used
Abby examining the stamped pattern on a cantheros
Nkosi looking at the two masks depicted on a metal handle
At the British Museum, Caleb trying to look as wise as Socrates
A Roman copy of a Hellenistic bust of Homer
Prof. Rutter in awe of the four Great Philosophers (from left): Socrates, Antishenes, Chrysippos, and Epikouros
A bust of Alexander
Possibly a depiction of Thanatos, found on a marble drum of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos
At our hotel, the group all dressed up for a night at the theatre to see a new take on Euripides’s Hecuba