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Susan M. Hopkins
Susan M. Hopkins (1900–1969) was an archaeologist known for her work on the excavations at Dura-Europos. __TOC__ Biography Hopkins was born in 1900 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She studied at Cedar Falls Teachers College in Iowa and the University of South Dakota before transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated in 1923 with a thesis on '''Social Origins in Lucretius. Subsequently she was appointed as a scholar in Classics for 1924-25 and assistant in Classics for the year 1925-26. In 1926 she married the archaeologist Clark Hopkins and moved with him to New Haven, CT, where she took classes at Yale University with Michael Rostovtzeff. In the summer of 1928 Hopkins and her husband attended the summer schools of the American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and afterwards joined an excavation at Olynthus, where Hopkins catalogued finds, in particular the terracottas. Archaeology at Dura-Europos Susan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Wisconsin
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olynthus
Olynthus ( grc, Ὄλυνθος ''Olynthos'', named for the ὄλυνθος ''olunthos'', "the fruit of the wild fig tree") was an ancient city of Chalcidice Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region c ..., built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the head of the Gulf of Torone, near the neck of the peninsula of Pallene, Chalcidice, Pallene, about 2.5 kilometers from the sea, and about 60 ''stadia'' (c. 9–10 kilometers) from Potidaea, Poteidaea. Artefacts found during the excavations of the site are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Olynthos. History Olynthus (mythology), Olynthus, son of Heracles, or the river god Strymon (mythology), Strymon, was considered the mythological founder of the town. The South Hill bore a small Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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