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IIHSA Open Meeting 2023, with lecture by Amanda Kelly: The Bridges of Minos' County (Aqueducts of the Greater Iraklio Area, AGIA)

We are delighted to invite you to the Opening Lecture 2023 of the IIHSA, which will take place on Wednesday, 25th October 2023 at 19.30 (Greece time)- 17.30 (Ireland time). It will be held online. Dr Amanda Kelly will speak on the topic ‘The Bridges of Minos' County (Aqueducts of the Greater Iraklio Area, AGIA). The lecture is preceded by a short presentation of the work of the Institute by the Director, Professor Joanne M.A. Murphy.

Since 2019, Amanda Kelly has been mapping the Roman, Venetian and Ottoman-Egyptian aqueducts of Candia/Kandiye (modern Iraklio) in Crete as part of her wider project on “The Aqueducts of the Greater Iraklio Area (AGIA)” which is generously funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The project is kindly facilitated by both the IIHSA and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion. Her initial fieldwork in 2019 not only mapped the length of the Roman aqueduct supplying the city of Knossos but also that section of the 19th-centuryOttoman-Egyptian aqueduct of Kandiye built directly over it and a shorter tract of the Venetian aqueduct of Candia that either ran alongside it or was, in turn, itself partially overlaid by the19th-century system. In 2021, Amanda directed her attention to the Venetian aqueduct of Candia, identifying its springs, mapping a series of rock-cut channels, photographing the in-situ inscriptions, documenting a previously-unknown stone pipeline, and studying several stunning bridges along its course. Last summer, Amanda Kelly and Evan O’Keefe (of ProvEye) conducted a drone study of all the aqueduct bridges (Roman, Venetian and Ottoman Egyptian), along the aqueduct routes to create virtual models for future study. In her talk, Amanda will present these impressive, but relatively inaccessible, monuments and share her thoughts on how best to study and protect them for future audiences.

In order to attend the event and receive the relevant Zoom link, please register via google forms and it will be sent to you: https://tinyurl.com/msyjpjnw

This lecture is co-hosted by the Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin

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