Joint Library of the Hellenic & Roman Societies / Institute of Classical Studies Library

The Library is maintained jointly with the Societies for the Promotion of Hellenic and Roman Studies and in association with the Institute of Classical Studies (University of London). It contains over 130,000 volumes, 22,000 bound volumes of periodicals, thereby bringing the overall total to almost 152,000 volumes. The Library has an international reputation as one of the world’s foremost Classics libraries.

Thursday, 10 January 2013

More Discoveries at Antikythera

Recent discoveries suggest that the wreck at Antikythera, where the mysterious Antikythera mechanism (above) was discovered, is much larger than previously thought- perhaps even being home to two ancient vessels. Read about the original discoveries in the recent exhibition catalogue: ‘The Antikythera shipwrec : the ship, the treasures, the mechanism; [exhibition] National Archaeological Museum, April 2012-April 2013’ [Eds. Kaltsas, N et al] located at X112D ANT in the library and find out more about the recent news below:

http://www.livescience.com/26009-antikythera-roman-shipwreck-two.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/03/antikythera-shipwreck-survey/1804353/