*THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY THE ORGANISER*

In the decades around 1700, the myths of the Ancient World as well as its material heritage underwent one of the most massive appropriations in European history. Supported by the crown, Swedish scholars creatively revisited material such as Plato's dialogues on Atlantis, Egyptian tablets, Greek coins, Roman cameos, Norse myths, or shamanic drums from Lapland, always with the goal of proving that millennia ago, Scandinavia had been home to a high civilization, the cultural cradle of Europe. My talk will introduce to this fascinating and influential period of antiquarianism in the service of nationalism, and present the approach I pursue in my research project Reaching for Atlantis. The cultural biographies of objects under the Swedish Empire and beyond. A concluding case study will illustrate how antiquarians from abroad confessed loyalty to Sweden's antiquarian paradigm by equipping antiquities with new biographies, and sought support by presenting them effectively at court and

The conference sets an exclusive focus on modelling the costs of construction over the course of 1,500 years, from Archaic Greece to the early middle ages. Over the last decade, the general interest in building costs and organisational aspects of historical construction has seen a rise in popularity amongst scholars working on pre-modern architecture. Indeed, this seems exactly the right moment to reflect more widely on the methodological propositions and future directions of this particular field of research. By considering both broader issues of methodology and particular case studies, the papers of this conference will facilitate a new debate on the nature of our archaeological evidence. Bringing together established experts in the field and young scholars working on pre-modern architecture, the aim of the conference is to create a platform for discussion and establish a more comprehensive framework of methods and approaches for the future.

Moudhy studied philosophy as an undergraduate and earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University's Columbia College. She went on to complete an MPhil in Cuneiform Studies and a DPhil in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford (Wolfson College), where she now researches the use of metaphor in descriptions of mental distress in cuneiform medical texts. She teaches Akkadian text classes and modules in the history of science in Mesopotamia at the Oriental Institute.

Research interests include the history of science, medicine, and technology; science and medicine in the ancient Middle East; Iraq; cuneiform; Akkadian language; ancient North Arabian languages and scripts; archaeology; Assyriology; and historiography of Assyriology.

Dr John Lowe studied Classics and Oriental Studies at Oxford, and subsequently Linguistics & Philology at graduate level, at Wolfson College, obtaining his DPhil in 2012. From 2012 to 2015 he held a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics at Oxford. From 2017 to 2019 Dr Lowe was Departmental Lecturer in Syntax and Departmental Lecturer in Indo-Iranian Philology in the Faculty of Linguistics, and in 2019 was appointed Associate Professor of Sanskrit in the Faculty of Oriental Studies.

Dr Lowe's research focuses primarily on Sanskrit language and linguistics, and Indo-Iranian historical philology, including Avestan and Old Persian language and linguistics. His work on Sanskrit covers Vedic and Classical Sanskrit, and Pāṇinian grammar. Dr Lowe also works on theoretical linguistics, in particular syntax and semantics.

Dr Paul Roberts, GB Fellow, Sackler Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, and curator of the current special exhibition "Last Supper in Pompeii" offers two guided tours to the exhibition to AWRC Members. One on 18 Oct at 3:30 pm and the second on 13 Nov at 10 am.

Meeting Point: at the entrance to the exhibition (3rd floor Ashmolean Museum) 15-10 minutes before stated starting time.

Book at ancient.world@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Dr Paul Roberts, GB Fellow, Sackler Keeper of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, and curator of the current special exhibition "Last Supper in Pompeii" offers two guided tours to the exhibition to AWRC Members. One on 18 Oct at 3:30 pm and the second on 13 Nov at 10 am.

Restricted to Cluster Members, max. 15 people.

Meeting Point: at the entrance to the exhibition (3rd floor Ashmolean Museum) 15-10 minutes before stated starting time.

Book at ancient.world@wolfson.ox.ac.uk