Posts tagged with “Featured 2024” (All posts)

Walks, Hikes, and Spirituality

7 May 2024

For much of the past week, we have been on our midterm break. This free time allowed us to explore the city of Athens in more depth as well as…

View from Hydra

Week 5 – Eila Planinc

29 April 2024

Finally we are at my favourite site, Pylos! I wrote so much this weekend that I had to move to my next journal. Pylos is my favourite because I take a…

Week 4 – John Carragher

22 April 2024

Week 4 has been the quietest week thus far and it provided some nice rest before our upcoming trip. I dived deeper into my Myth and Reception class, came up with a solid 3D model for my Digital Archaeology class, and am continuing to enjoy the Greek food and culture. We are almost halfway done with the trip and there is still so much to look forward to!

Olympic Stadium

Week 3 – Ellie Simon

14 April 2024

This week, we just had one off-campus visit as a class: The Museum of Cycladic Art. We were given a lovely tour of one of the leading collections of Cycladic…

Female Cycladic Figurine

Week 2 – Henry Petrini

9 April 2024

Our second week in Greece was very eventful! Our non-Carleton classes didn’t meet, and we took survival Greek to ease us into the groove of life in Greece. We learned…

Week 2 – Suwannee C-B

8 April 2024

From the Athenian Agora to Thermopylae to Demetrias and Lamia, this past week has been filled with archaeological expertise and information. While I love learning about any kind of history, historical political science is the topic that got me interested in the field and I really enjoyed learning more about how ancient Greece’s politics played out in different areas and times periods.

Hephaesteion at the Agora

Week 1 – Will Puzella

4 April 2024

Today marks the end of our first week in Greece!

The acropolis on a hill