The Egypt Exploration Society archive contains unpublished pencil drawings by A. Klasens of seal impressions found in the Step Pyramid complex of Saqqara. Digitally inked versions of these drawings are published here for the first time. The seal impressions can be sourced to the Northern Galleries of the complex. The impressions were sealed on…[Read more]

The Egypt Exploration Society archive contains unpublished pencil drawings by A. Klasens of seal impressions found in the Step Pyramid complex of Saqqara. Digitally inked versions of these drawings are published here for the first time. The seal impressions can be sourced to the Northern Galleries of the complex. The impressions were sealed on…[Read more]

The Egypt Exploration Society archive contains unpublished pencil drawings by A. Klasens of seal impressions found in the Step Pyramid complex of Saqqara. Digitally inked versions of these drawings are published here for the first time. The seal impressions can be sourced to the Northern Galleries of the complex. The impressions were sealed on…[Read more]

The Egypt Exploration Society archive contains unpublished pencil drawings by A. Klasens of seal impressions found in the Step Pyramid complex of Saqqara. Digitally inked versions of these drawings are published here for the first time. The seal impressions can be sourced to the Northern Galleries of the complex. The impressions were sealed on…[Read more]

Writing a factual or fictional dream is a difficult task as its ›otherness‹ will challenge all of our accustomed modes of narration. So the existence of established cultural and textual patterns is a welcome help. This collection of essays describes these patterns, their historical and individual modifications and their relation to the dre…[Read more]

Mémoire de master : analyse spatiale de sites protohistoriques d’Istrie (Croatie).

Masters thesis on systematic field survey in archaeology (Part 3: bibliography and appendices)

Masters thesis on systematic field survey in archaeology (Part 2 : survey of Bujstina area, Istria (Croatia))

Ancient astronaut speculation (also called paleo-SETI), often labeled pseudoscience or modern myth, still awaits in-depth research. Focusing on Erich von Däniken and reconstructing his views on god and cosmology from scattered statements throughout his books, this article analyzes his attitudes toward science and religion as well as his concepts…[Read more]

Archive report and ISAD(G) Fonds Level Description. This report briefly describes the Sarsen Stones in Wessex survey led by the Society of Antiquaries of London during the 1970s, and summarises its significance. A description of the physical format of its archive is based on a rapid survey of the collection at the Society of Antiquaries library…[Read more]

Sarsen Stones in Wessex Project: Data Transcription Strategy, Methodology and Protocols. This document lays out decisions that were made in preparation for, and during, the transcription of record sheets from the Society of Antiquaries of London ‘Sarsen Stones in Wessex survey’ (archive collection MS953, Society of Antiquaries of London library).…[Read more]

Review of: Jan J. W. Lisman, Cosmogony, Theogony, and Anthropogeny in Sumerian Texts. Vol. 409 of Alter Orient und Altes Testament. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2013. In Rosetta 18 (2015)

Review of: Michael B. Hundley, Gods in Dwellings: Temples and Divine Presence in the Ancient Near East, vol. 3 in Writings from the Ancient World Supplements. Bethesda: Society for Biblical Literature Publications, 2013. In Rosetta 20 (2017).

Inhaltsverzeichnis, Einleitung und Literaturverzeichnis meiner Dissertation // table of contents, introduction and literature sections of my PhD.
https://www.lit-verlag.de/publikationen/psychologie/71842/g-ouml-tter-astronauten

D. Nakassis (2018) “Beauty in clay: Aesthetics and script in Mycenaean Greece,” in Οι Αμέτρητες Όψεις του Ωραίου στην Αρχαία Τέχνη (The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art), ed. Μ. Λαγογιάννη-Γεωργακαράκου (Αθήνα: Ταμείο Αρχαιολογικών Πόρων και Απαλλοτριώσεων) 51-56.

D. Nakassis and K. Pluta (2017) “The Linear B Tablets from Pylos,” in Odysseys, ed. M. Lagogianni-Georgakarakou (Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund) 91-96.

D. Nakassis (2015) “Labor and Individuals in Late Bronze Age Pylos,” in Labor in the Ancient World, ed. P. Steinkeller and M. Hudson (Dresden: ISLET-Verlag) 583-615.

J. Gulizio and D. Nakassis (2014) “The Minoan Goddess(es): Textual Evidence for Minoan Religion,” in KE-RA-ME-JA: Studies Presented to Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, ed. D. Nakassis, J. Gulizio, and S. A. James  (Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press) 115-128.

In this paper I show that an approach that focuses on all named individuals at Pylos yields important insights into the operation of the Mycenaean state.

Description of Paleo-SETI (ancient astronaut/ ancient alien narratives and theories) as a field of anomalistic inquiry, providing short summaries of its history, basic assumptions, methods, and problems