The Secrets of David M. Robinson and the Olynthos Excavations

Authors

Alan Kaiser, University of Evansville

Files

Description

Sometimes the best place to hide a secret is in plain sight. In the University Museum hangs a portrait of professor David M. Robinson, one of the great classical archaeologists in the United States during the 20th century. The celebrated man had a dark secret, however, known only to his former student, Mary Ellingson. Half a century after Robinson’s death the chance discovery of Ellingson’s forgotten scrapbook uncover Robinson’s secret and message hidden in Robinson’s portrait.

ISBN

Kaiser_print copy_2017

Publication Date

3-6-2017

Relational Format

archival material

Disciplines

Classics

Recommended Citation

Kaiser, Alan, "The Secrets of David M. Robinson and the Olynthos Excavations" (2017). Lecture Series. 29.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/classics_lectures/29