Jul 5, 2026 · 19 min · 5 segments
Luca Bombardieri, Associate Professor in Aegean and Cypriot Archaeology at the University of Siena in Italy and the scientific director at the Erimi Archaeological Project in Cyprus, explores what it…
Luca BombardieriGuestAndreasHostthanks again luca so You were fortunate enough to be actually set up at the local school in Rimi, which is not simply a place of work, but I was surprised to see that you and other archaeologists quite literally live at the site for several weeks, which might be surprising for listeners to hear about this.
And this isn't entirely common, but this is...
This kind of fits in line with your own directorial philosophy.
Can you tell me what your thinking is behind that? Why is it such a great idea to be set up communally the way you were?
there are several reasons i think that we can mention but the first one i think is the most important is to share the space together uh in a not hierarchical way but share the space means to share the ideas and and live together is an experience that That is necessary to reach a ground of exchanging between members of the community of archaeologists.
What we are trying to do is to experience a community life whereas we are excavating, studying and documenting the life of an ancient community.
so we are mirroring the the living of a community we i i don't like at all the idea of going to the site like going to the office or going to work uh like at university or like because i think it's uh it's a it's a lost chance uh And you have to deeply live the experience of an excavation.
And then we have also a lot of practical issues connected because when you leave the same space and it's a great space, believe me, because the Erini Primary School is a wonderful place and we have to thanks a lot.
the Rimi Community Board and the Moktar for his willingness and the kind spirit of accepting us in this wonderful space.
I mean, the practical issues are also, we share the time for dinner, the time for lunch, the break.
Since we are Italian, we share the aperitivo there as well because we are we are living uh in our own way as well and and and this is the chance for us to connect us connect each other and also exchange ideas in some cases some of the what we can say the brightest ideas we produced, they were produced during aperitivo or during other communal living moments that we are, because you are feeling much more free and you're feeling in a better way.
And so that's the, I mean, what you call philosophy, that's the approach we are going to have.
thanks again luca so You were fortunate enough to be actually set up at the local school in Rimi, which is not simply a place of work, but I was surprised to see that you and other archaeologists quite literally live at the site for several weeks, which might be surprising for listeners to hear about this.
And this isn't entirely common, but this is...
This kind of fits in line with your own directorial philosophy.
Can you tell me what your thinking is behind that? Why is it such a great idea to be set up communally the way you were?
there are several reasons i think that we can mention but the first one i think is the most important is to share the space together uh in a not hierarchical way but share the space means to share the ideas and and live together is an experience that That is necessary to reach a ground of exchanging between members of the community of archaeologists.
What we are trying to do is to experience a community life whereas we are excavating, studying and documenting the life of an ancient community.
so we are mirroring the the living of a community we i i don't like at all the idea of going to the site like going to the office or going to work uh like at university or like because i think it's uh it's a it's a lost chance uh And you have to deeply live the experience of an excavation.
And then we have also a lot of practical issues connected because when you leave the same space and it's a great space, believe me, because the Erini Primary School is a wonderful place and we have to thanks a lot.
the Rimi Community Board and the Moktar for his willingness and the kind spirit of accepting us in this wonderful space.
I mean, the practical issues are also, we share the time for dinner, the time for lunch, the break.
Since we are Italian, we share the aperitivo there as well because we are we are living uh in our own way as well and and and this is the chance for us to connect us connect each other and also exchange ideas in some cases some of the what we can say the brightest ideas we produced, they were produced during aperitivo or during other communal living moments that we are, because you are feeling much more free and you're feeling in a better way.
And so that's the, I mean, what you call philosophy, that's the approach we are going to have.
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