14th Stuart L. Wheeler Gallery of the Ancient World Lecture

“The Archaeology of Democracy: Recent Excavations in the Agora of Athens”

Presented by John McKesson Camp II, 
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor Emeritus of Classics, Randolph-Macon College
Director of Agora Excavations, Athens, 1994–2022
Winner of the AIA’s 2024 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement

Lecture 3 p.m. | Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall

Reception following the lecture | Humanities Building, Ancient World Gallery, Room 419

This talk will present the results of excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in the center of ancient Athens over the past decade. New finds have shed light on various matters: an elusive hero, an ancient art gallery, a famous  philosophical school, Athenian portraiture, and the origins of Athenian democracy.

John Camp was trained at Harvard (B.A. classics), Princeton (Ph.D. classical archaeology), and the American School in Athens. He excavated in the Agora for 58 years, serving as director for 28 of them, and he was the Mellon professor at the American School  for 11 years. He was also the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Classics at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and has been a member of the Richmond chapter of the AIA for 30 years. His interests are ancient Athens, Greek epigraphy, and architecture.

For more information, contact the Department of Classical Studies at (804) 289-8420 or email ebaughan@richmond.edu.