Professor Bakewell
took this impressive photograph of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion
near Athens.
Prof. Bakewell again, showing the Greek island of Poros at dusk. Poros
has not only ancient ruins but also wonderful little tavernas and is a source
of excellent pistachio nuts.
Prof. Bakewell offering a moody shot of the Athenian Agora under a passing
cloud. The shot is from the Acropolis.
Prof. Bakewell took this shot of the Areopagus Hill in Athens, on the
shoulder of the Acropolis. Not only did an important Athenian Council meet
here, but St. Paul famously addressed this council on this very eminence.
Professor Bucher took this suggestive shot of the Villa Cheraviglio where
he lived on the top floor in 1993-94 in Rome. The faded colors of the building
are typical of older Roman palazzi.
Prof. Bucher contributes this image of the Temple of Hercules in the tiny
Italian mountain town of Cori at dusk. The tower is the campanile of an
adjacent Catholic church.
Prof. Bucher noticed that he had taken a photograph of the so-called basilica
at Paestum from almost the same angle as it had been depicted by Gian Battista
Piranesi in the late 18th century.
Prof. Bucher offers this shot of the fifth-century BC Doric temple at
Segesta in Sicily. In March (when this photo was taken) Sicily is a paradise
of wildflowers and verdant greenery.
Professor Clark here modestly models the pose of the famous
Cretan Snake Goddess while visiting Messene.
Prof. Clark provides scale for a monument at
the beautiful Athenian cemetary at the Ceramicus. Check out the fantastic
detail of the sculpted hound.
Those who visit Greece quickly find that between
museums there is time for relaxation, as we see Prof. Clark and some comrades
doing here on a beach of the southwestern Peloponnese.
The Peloponnese is dotted with romantic ruins such as this
tholos (beehive-shaped) tomb in the south. We see Prof. Clark and her comrades
in the Pylos Regional Archeological Survey here.
Professor Habash saw the beauty in these ships of the desert
and photographed them near Petra in Jordan.
This Roman-era nymphaeum in Eastern Turkey sits in a beautiful
valley. Prof. Habash photographed it while on an American School tour in
1994.
Prof. Habash has trodden in the footsteps of Indiana Jones
in walking this incredibly romantic gorge en route to the tombs in Petra.
And here we see one of the fantastic tombs which suddenly
appear in the middle of the desert gorges of Petra: Prof. Habash took this
shot.
In Damascus in Syria Prof. Habash took this shot of an Ottoman
Mosque and her husband Burhan.
Prof. Habash has captured the looming citadel of Acrocorinth
on the site of the excavations at which she worked in 1994.
Here is Prof. Habash at the trench she supervised in Corinth
with her workers in 1994.
Prof. Stephens took this photo of some feral cats living
in the high-rent district in Athens--the Acropolis!
The Erechtheum is arguably the finest building in Athens,
and here Prof. Stephens treats us to a view of the Porch of the Maidens
under a beautiful Mediterranean blue sky.
Prof. Stephens' photo of the (rebuilt) Stoa of Attalus in
the Athenian Agora emphasizes its stately colonnades and the dramatic potential
of post and beam construction.
This beautiful photograph of a Rhodian castle was taken
by Prof. Stephens while visiting that island to give a scholarly paper
in 1992.
We see Prof. Stephens himself in this moody sunset shot
from Lindos in Rhodes.
This wonderful little Rhodian
church captured by Prof. Stephens is divided between Greek Orthodox and Catholic worship. The Maltese
Cross
on the campanile is an added bonus!
Prof. Bakewell
took this great photo of the little bridge over the stream at Levadia
in Boeotia in Greece. Boeotia is inhospitably hot and
dry in the summer (think S. Central California, near Arvin), yet the traveler
follows the road up the hillside and suddenly discovers this shady little
glen filled with fresh, cool air. It is no wonder the Greeks found these
places to be numinous.