Congratulations, Christos!!
AIA Ottawa is pleased to announce that the 2025 Field School Incentive Fellowship has been awarded to Christos Zigoumis who is entering his third year of a BA honours in Greek and Roman Studies with a minor in Archaeology at Carleton.
With a view to promoting archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human past and to foster an appreciation of diverse cultures and our shared humanity. The purpose of the fellowship is provide financial assistance for a first time participant in an archaeological field school recognized by the AIA.
In May Christos will go to the Mani peninsula in Greece to participate in a survey around Cape Tainaron which was in antiquity regarded as the gateway to Hades. In June he will participate in an excavation of the Roman city of Nicopolis founded by Augustus after his victory at the Battle of Actium in the northwestern Greek province of Epirus.