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The <em>AJA</em> publishes original research on the diverse peoples and material cultures of the Mediterranean and related areas. <a href="https://www.ajaonline.org/submissions/editorial-policy/" data-type="book" data-id="3911">Learn more</a>.</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a class="article" href="https://ajaonline.org/article/the-colossal-archaic-naxian-statues-in-the-sanctuary-of-apollo-on-delos/"> <h2 class="article-title">The Colossal Archaic Naxian Statues in the Sanctuary of Apollo on Delos</h2> <img width="800" height="800" src="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sheedy-800x800.png" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Left hand of marble statue, two views. Archaeological Museum of Delos A4094. Sample for analysis was taken from the inner edge near the break to the wrist (W. Martini)." decoding="async" srcset="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sheedy-800x800.png 800w, https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sheedy-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p class="article-author grid">By Kenneth Alan Sheedy and Scott Pike</p><p class="article-content"> This article presents data from the stable isotope analysis of marble from five fragments of sculpture and a massive base that together are said to comprise the remains of the statue on Delos known as the Naxian Colossus. This key work in the early history of monumental Greek marble sculpture has attracted the attention of travelers since the 15th century (Buondelmonti, Cyriacus of Ancona). Plutarch’s testimony that the great <em>andrias </em>of the Naxians was knocked...</p> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a class="article" href="https://ajaonline.org/archaeological-note/the-trojan-ketos-on-the-hesione-vase/"> <h2 class="article-title">The Trojan Ketos on the Hesione Vase: Iconography, Paleogeography, and Osteology</h2> <img width="800" height="800" src="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Croft-800x800.png" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Column krater depicting Herakles, Hesione, and the Trojan Ketos, ca. 575–550 BCE, from Caere. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 63.420, acq. 1963 (© 2024 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)." decoding="async" srcset="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Croft-800x800.png 800w, https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Croft-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p class="article-author grid">By Stephen Croft</p><p class="article-content"> This archaeological note proposes that the animal skull appearing on the Hesione Vase (Museum of Fine Arts Boston 63.420) and often identified as a Miocene giraffid belongs to an equid. The imagery of the sixth-century BCE vase is examined in relation to the iconographic tradition of the Lernaean Hydra and the ketos (sea monster). The paleogeography of the Corinthia and comparative osteology of the skull are considered. 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Dusinberre</p><p class="article-content"> The Beyceğiz Tumulus, 11.5 km east of the Phrygian capital of Gordion, was the target of multiple looting attempts, prompting a salvage excavation from 2013 to 2017 by the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara in partnership with the Gordion Archaeological Project. Remote sensing indicated a chamber-shaped anomaly near the tumulus center, which became the focus of excavation. 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Athens, National Archaeological Museum 7599; acq. 1893 (courtesy Hellenic National Archaeological Museum/Hellenic Ministry of Culture)." decoding="async" srcset="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pavlides-800x800.png 800w, https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pavlides-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p class="article-author grid">By Nicolette Pavlides</p><p class="article-content"> The aim of this article is to investigate the local religious habits of the <em>perioikoi</em> (dwellers around), the free populations living in small city-states (poleis) in Laconia and Messenia during the Archaic and Classical periods, when Laconia was under Spartan control. As a case study, I examine the sanctuary of Apollo Hyperteleatas, located beside the Molaoi Plain in the Malea Peninsula of Greece. The discussion considers the sanctuary of Apollo Hyperteleatas fr...</p> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a class="article" href="https://ajaonline.org/museum-review/byzantium-in-africa/"> <h2 class="article-title">Byzantium in “Africa”</h2> <img width="800" height="800" src="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Majeed-800x800.png" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="View of the entrance to Africa and Byzantium, on view 19 November 2023 to 3 March 2024 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (A.-M. Kellen; courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art)." decoding="async" srcset="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Majeed-800x800.png 800w, https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Majeed-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p class="article-author grid">By Risham Majeed<span class="text-[#cc8624]">Available as Open Access</span></p><p class="article-content"> A major exhibition displacing Europe as the engine that shaped global Christianity is a moment to savor. <em>Africa and Byzantium</em> at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York presented northern Africa as a sophisticated and equal partner in the fabrication of visual status in late antiquity instead of as it has customarily been seen, as a derivative province in the Roman world. It drew a general public’s attention to the constitutive role played by lands south of...</p> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a class="article" href="https://ajaonline.org/article/shipwreck-assemblages-and-network-analysis/"> <h2 class="article-title">Shipwreck Assemblages and Network Analysis: Reconstructing the Furniture Trade in the Mediterranean Using First-Century BCE Shipwrecks</h2> <img width="800" height="800" src="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Atkins-800x800.png" class="attachment-square size-square wp-post-image" alt="Form III fulcra with a double spur from the Fourmigue C shipwreck (ca. 80–60 BCE): a, frame with a bust of Artemis (ht. of bust 10.3 cm) and a horse protome with a panther skin (ht. 17 cm); b, frame with a bust of Silenus and a mule protome (Baudoin et al. 1994, pls. 1a, 1b, respectively; P. Foliot and A. Chene; courtesy Centre Camille Jullian, CNRS)." decoding="async" srcset="https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Atkins-800x800.png 800w, https://ajaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Atkins-150x150.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p class="article-author grid">By Carrie E. Atkins</p><p class="article-content"> Elite Romans residing in opulent villas in central Italy during the first century BCE are generally viewed as the main consumers driving the trade in luxury goods. However, evidence from shipwrecks shows this is not the full picture. This article utilizes assemblage theory and network analysis to examine relationships between luxury furniture and shipwreck assemblages in the Mediterranean in the first century BCE. 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