Colloquia Ceranea VII: Between Nature and Science – Lessons from Antiquity and Byzantium

Moderator: Dr. Manuela Marai (Independent Scholar)
0:10 Dr. Evy J. Håland (Independent Scholar), Water Sources and the Sacred in Modern and Ancient Greece
20:28 Dr. Effie Photos-Jones (University of Glasgow), Dr. Tina Kallithraka (Agricultural University of Athens), Prof. George E. Christidis (Technical University of Crete), Prof. Charles W. Knapp (University of Strathclyde), The Green and the White and the Yeast That ‘Binds’ Them: Oxos (Poor Wine) as a Reagent in Biotechnological Processes, 4th c. BCE
44:16 Prof. Maciej Kokoszko (University of Łódź), Dr. Zofia Rzeźnicka (University of Łódź), Prof. Małgorzata Drywień (Warsaw University of Life Sciences ), Prof. Joanna Myszkowska-Ryciak (Warsaw University of Life Sciences), Boiling Milk in Ancient and Byzantine Medical Texts Versus Modern Nutritional Science
1:10:05 Dr. Chryssa Bourbou (Hellenic Ministry of Culture), Breathing Life into Greek Byzantine Populations: What Would You Ask a Bioarchaeologist?
1:31:52 Discussion

The session took place on 10 May 2025 at the Institute of History, Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Łódź, Poland.

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