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The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens Newsletter, No 11 August 2018
Newsletter
“Hellenistic Gold Jewellery in the Benaki Museum, Athens” by Dr Monica Jackson
One of the most important developments involving the AAIA community
since the last Newsletter was the publication of the book Hellenistic Gold
Jewellery in the Benaki Museum, Athens written by AAIA Governor
and Executive Board member Dr Monica Jackson and published as
a collaborative project by the AAIA and the Benaki Museum, one of
Greece’s premier cultural institutions.
Dr Jackson is an acknowledged expert on the jewellery of the Hellenistic
period, those centuries that followed the death of Alexander the Great
and which ran through to the incremental establishment of Roman rule
in the eastern Mediterranean. In her most recent offering, she masterfully
presents the history of the Benaki Museum’s Hellenistic gold jewellery
the collection as well as the pieces themselves, which are simply outstanding.
The collection rates are among the most important of its kind in the world
and this is most clearly illustrated in this publication. Dr Jackson has
written a book that is a prime medium through which this fascinating
material can be brought to the attention of an audience that extends far
beyond the confines of academia.
All these points were appreciated by the many people that attended the
book’s launch in the magnificent surrounding of MacLaurin Hall at the
University of Sydney on February 15. This launch followed a similar event
in Athens, in December 2017, at the Benaki Museum itself, at which a
number of speakers, including the Emeritus Director of the Benaki
Museum (and now, sadly, late) Professor Angelos Delivorrias, presented
the book to the Athenian public.
At the Sydney event, the book was launched by the Provost and Deputy
Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Stephen Garton, and the
Acting Director of the AAIA, Dr Stavros Paspalas, while the author
presented a brief outline of the publication, for which she should be
warmly congratulated.
Hellenistic Gold Jewellery in the Benaki Museum, Athens and through the AAIA.
AAIA Newsletter: No. 11, August 2018
ISSN 2200-0003
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