Can we interpret today’s reality using antiquity as our compass?
In today’s uncertain and shifting landscape, where universal values such as justice and injustice, legality and morality, humanity and compassion are increasingly subject to conflicting interpretations and fuel division – could the perspective of an archaeologist help us better understand the world we live in today?
Why do generations of students and scholars still study “Antigone” by Sophocles and “Pericles’ Funeral Oration” by Thucydides?
What do the inscriptions on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier teach the citizens of today and tomorrow?
What lessons can we draw from the funerary cultures of ancient civilizations?
We discuss all these questions with guest Kostas Paschalidis, Curator of Antiquities and President of the Association of Greek Archaeologists.