The Halikarnassos Project - celebrating 60 years!

About the project
Since 1966 Danish scholars and students from the universities of Aarhus, Southern Denmark and Copenhagen have done archaeological research in the ancient city of Halikarnassos in south-western Asia Minor in cooperation with the Turkish authorities. 

Read more on this website: 
https://www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/institutter-centre/iks/forskning/forskningsprojekter/halikarnassos

Program

• 13:00 Welcome! 

• 13:10–13:30 The Turkish-Danish Halikarnassos Project: 60 years (P. Pedersen & B. Poulsen)

• 13:30–14:30 Presentation of the book: “The Zephyrion Peninsula in Halikarnassos – Investigations and Ob-servations 1990–2024”, eds J. Munk Højte & P. Pedersen, Halicarnassian Studies VII, Odense 2026.

• 13:30–14:00 Halikarnassos in the Classical period – from the Lygdamid dynasty to the Hekatomnids (P. Pedersen)

• 14:00–14:30 Finds as a reflection of Halikarnassos’ history from prehistoric times to the modern era (J. Munk Højte & L. E. Vaag)

• 14:30–15:00 Vivum ac spirans sepulcrum: the Mausoleum, from Artemisia to new directions in display (A. Kidd)

• 15:00–15:30 Break

• 15:30–16:00 The invisible excavators of the Mausoleum (V. Nørskov)

• 16:00–16:30 TALKING STONES – what inscriptions can tell about ancient Halikarnassos (S. Isager)

• 16:30–17:00 The House of Charidemos and the late-antique city (B. Poulsen)

• 17:00–17:30 The measuring of Halikarnassos (N. Bargfeldt)

• 17:30 Reception