Nicholas Aherne
  • Poststraat6

    9712 ER Groningen

    Netherlands

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Research interests

  • Roman Sarcophagi and Funerary Iconography
  • Death, Burial, and Commemoration in the Graeco-Roman World 
  • Art, Architecture, Archaeology of the Graeco-Roman World
  • Hellenistic World and Roman Provinces
  • Festival Culture and Religion of the Graeco-Roman World
  • Identity and Cultural Transformations (Globalisation and Glocalisation)

Research interests

MARE - Mortuary Archaeology of the Roman East | University of Groningen (rug.nl) Over a period of five years (2021-2026), our team investigates how local communities envisioned and reformulated their relationships with the dead. We will build a digital infrastructure to enhance legacy and orphaned datasets from coastal Lebanon, Palmyra, and Pisidia, as well as to unlock inaccessible collections for wider audiences.

Encoffined Bodies | Projects | University of Groningen (rug.nl) PhD Project: Encoffined Bodies: on the Role of Decorated Sarcophagi in the Funerary Customs of Phoenicia during the Roman period

Education/Academic qualification

Classical Archaeology, MSt, University of Oxford

1-Sept-202030-Jun-2021

Award Date: 30-Jun-2021

Classical Civilisation, BA, University Of Warwick

1-Oct-201630-Jun-2019

Award Date: 30-Jun-2019

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