It’s Niche. Very Niche... But how exactly did ancient Athens bury their soldiers? How did this change over time? And what huge implications could this difference mean both then... and now? 

This week's Classical Wisdom Speaks is with Cezary Kucewicz, a National Science Centre Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of History, University of Gdansk, Poland, and Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK. He is also the author of The Treatment of the War Dead in Archaic Athens.

We discuss what exactly are the ancient war dead, how the custom changed dramatically between the archaic and classical periods of ancient Greece and what that change signifies...

If you would like to learn more about Cezary’s book, The Treatment of the War Dead in Archaic Athens, please go to: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-treatment-of-the-war-dead-in-archaic-athens-9781350151550/ 

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