Mantha Zarmakoupi brings history to the surface The Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture conducts underwater surveys to map ancient travel and political intrigue.
For Mantha Zarmakoupi, an archaeological survey isn t just about the artifacts it’s about reliving the human experience. Mantha Zarmakoupi, Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture. (Image: Omnia)
“We were cleaning debris from a building that had fallen off a cliff on the island of Kythnos, and I saw this piece of clay with the imprint of a finger,” says Zarmakoupi, the Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture in the Department of History of Art in the School of Arts & Sciences. “It was actually a seal from the Hellenistic period and on the other side was the representation of somebody in profile. But I remember t