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HOW TO FIT ALL OF ANCIENT GREECE IN AN ELEVATOR
Non-fiction – Popular Science
Key Books: 2022
Pages: 360
FULL TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH NOW AVAILABLE
Over 37,000 copies sold in Greece
Reconnecting with antiquity is above all else reconnecting with ourselves!
How to Fit all of Ancient Greece in an Elevator is an exciting journey through space and time, from earliest prehistory to the end of classical antiquity. It all starts when two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other not. A simple question, “What do you do?”, becomes the springboard for a dialogue that weaves a fascinating tale.
The non-archaeologist, at first ironic and indifferent, bombards the archaeologist with questions. The archaeologist, - patient, erudite, charmingly irreverent and funny -, provides the answers. The result is a spectacular, hilariously funny and utterly engrossing account of Ancient Greece from its very beginnings in prehistory to its end. Dr. Papakostas answers not only the most commonly asked questions about the field of archaeology, but also stops and marvels at both the great and the small moments in Ancient Greek history. What did a Minoan princess pack for a trip to Egypt? How did a raunchy dance lead to the birth of Democracy? Why did the philosopher Heraclitus suggest that Homer should be slapped?
Archaeology, and antiquity as a whole, Dr. Papakostas argues, belong to all of us. Studying archaeology and the ancient world is a kind of collective psychotherapy through which we learn about ourselves. We are not that different after all, he tells us, whether we lived in ancient Mycenae or reside in contemporary London, and there are many treasures to be unearthed from our shared humanity and connectedness across time. Reconnecting with antiquity is above all else reconnecting with ourselves!
Author Bio
Dr. Theodore (Ted) Papakostas is an archaeologist. He was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece. He earned his BA in Archaeology from the University of Reading and his MA in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of Nottingham. He has participated in excavations in Greece and the UK and has worked at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and the Archaeological Service of Kilkis. He completed his PhD in Classical Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2017. With the sincere belief that knowledge has meaning only when it is communicated and with the deep conviction that antiquity concerns us all and knowledge of the past is power, he created Archaeostoryteller, online Instagram stories about history, where he conveys his knowledge of ancient times in a straightforward, immediate and entertaining way. His very popular podcast, Archaeostoryteller, has recently totalled over 1 million downloads. He is the author of three bestselling non-fiction books, How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator (2021), Archaeology, My Love, Get Me Out of Here (2022) and the middle-grade book, How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator for Kids (2023).
Foreign sales list:
Brazil: Sextante (pre-empt)
China (SC): China Translation & Publishing (at auction)
Czech Republic: Beta (at auction)
Egypt (World Arabic): Al Arabi Publishing & Distributing
France: Buchet-Chastel (3-way auction)
Germany: Piper (3-way auction)
Italy: Crocetti/Feltrinelli
Korea: Gyoyangin (at auction)
Netherlands: Brandt Publishing
Poland: Otwarte (3-way auction)
Russia: Eksmo
Serbia: Vulkan
Spain: Paidos/Planeta
UK CMW exl. Canada: William Collins (pre-empt)
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