Pathway into Darkness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pathway into Darkness

 

 

 

 

 

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VII.

Summer in the city - 14

 

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Wandering Incognito

Summer in the city

-part 14-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Myrtis' art Exhibition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myrtis' art Exhibition

 

The study of skeletal material from the ancient cemetery of Kerameikos is part of a bigger research program in the University of Athens for the study of the craniofacial complex, into which, as an orthodontist Dr. Manolis J. Papagrigorakis is involved for many years now.

The eleven-year-old Myrtis was one of the thousands of anonymous victims of the horrible plague that struck Athens in the first years of the Peloponnesian War. Her body was thrown hastily into a rough grave that the authorities opened on one edge of the ancient cemetery of Kerameikos, in order to bury the scores of people that lay dead in the streets of the city. Myrtis’ skull was found among the bones of many more men, women and children, victims of the plague.

Her skull had been preserved in excellent condition and that was a spur to its remolding, so that we could come today face to face with the past.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her journey into time started on the 22nd May, 2006, when the research work “DNA examination of ancient dental pulp incriminates typhoid fever as the possible cause of the Plague of Athens.”, was announced to the academic community in the Great Hall of the University of Athens.

Since then she is travelling…   more info here

The following photos are from the art exhibition about Myrtis. All the art works will be sold for the funding of the research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Η εικάστική έκθεση "Μύρτις: πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο με το παρελθόν" φιλοξενείται στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Δελφών. Πρόκειται για τη συγκέντρωση και παρουσίαση 48 και πλέον έργων από ανερχόμενους και καταξιωμένους καλλιτέχνες  Η έκθεση αυτή συνοδεύει την ομώνυμη ιστορική έκθεση η οποία φιλοξενείται μέχρι τα τέλη Σεπτεμβρίου στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Πρόκειται για έργα που δώρισαν οι δημιουργοί τους, στηρίζοντας με αυτό τον τρόπο την επιστημονική έρευνα του επίκουρου καθηγητή Ορθοδοντικής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, Μανώλη Παπαγρηγοράκη -ο οποίος ανάπλασε το γνωστό πλέον πρόσωπο της 11χρονης- καθώς και τη μάχη κατά της παιδικής θνησιμότητας.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Η εικαστική έκθεση Μύρτις, που διοργανώνει η Ι' Εφορεία Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων, το United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNRIC) και ο επίκουρος καθηγητής Μανώλης Ι. Παπαγρηγοράκης, σε συνεργασία με το Ευρωπαϊκό Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Δελφών, εγκαινιάστηκε στις 17 Αυγούστου και θα διαρκέσει ως τις 30 Σεπτεμβρίου.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stories of light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stories of light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summer in the city - 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

 

Wandering Incognito

Summer in the city

-part 13-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swimming in Earth's navel (5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swimming in Earth's navel

-part 5-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Blue bird

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

do
you?

Charles Bukowski

All cats are grey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I never thought that I would find myself
In bed amongst the stones
The columns are all men
Begging to crush me
No shapes sail on the dark deep lakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And no flags wave me home
In the caves
All cats are gray
In the caves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The textures coat my skin
In the death cell
A single note
Rings on and on and on

 The Cure

Dark Matter

 

 

 

 

 

 Dark Matter

In astronomy and cosmology, dark matter is a type of matter hypothesized to account for a large part of the total mass in the universe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark matter cannot be seen directly with telescopes; evidently it neither emits nor absorbs light or other electromagnetic radiation at any significant level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead, its existence and properties are inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter, radiation, and the large scale structure of the universe. Dark matter is estimated to constitute 84% of the matter in the universe and 23% of the mass-energy.      [ source + more ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European Cultural Centre of Delphi

 European Cultural Centre of Delphi

The European Cultural Centre of Delphi (ECCD) was founded upon the inspiration and initiative of Konstantine Karamanlis.

The first deliberations upon the creation of a spiritual centre in Delphi begun in the aftermath of the 1st World War and the foundation of the League of Nations.

In 1927, Angelos and Eva Sikelianos organized the First Delphic Festival. The poet envisaged a global centre, where a “league of fine men” would convene, just like in Antiquity, aiming at the composition of the peoples` conflicts and ensuring the universal and permanent Peace (“Delphic Ideal”).

Following the 2nd World War, the matter was once again brought back to the agenda, mainly from people from the realms of the arts and letters. In London, the worldwide association of writers (International PEN) by proposal of the Greek poet – and latter politician – Yiannis Koutsoheras proposes the creation of an international spiritual centre in Delphi.

Council of Europe for the Foundation of a Delphic Centre. In September 1962 the Delphic Centre is placed under the auspices of the Council of Europe, following a decision by the Committee of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the member states. The Hellenic Government undertook the obligation to offer the location for the building of the venue.

The cornerstone is being placed on March 28, 1966 and the construction for the conference venue begins.

In 1977, by an act of the Greek Parliament, the European Cultural Centre of Delphi (ECCD) was established as a “corporate body under private law”, under the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and the auspices of the Council of Europe.

According to its founding law, its aim is to “serve international cultural interests” and “develop common cultural principles that will unite the peoples of Europe” through the “publication of studies on European culture, the organization of cultural assemblies and other artistic activities…”

more about the ECCD