Günther Thüry

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Günther Emerich Thüry (* 1950 in Vienna ) is an Austrian provincial Roman archaeologist .

Life

Thüry studied prehistory and early history , Latin and ancient Greek at the University of Tübingen and the University of Basel . In 1977 he obtained his licentiate . During his studies, he worked as an excavation numismatist at the Office for Museums and Excavations of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft . Since 1980 he has been teaching as a university lecturer in the Department of Ancient History in the Department of Classical Studies at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg . He has also given courses at the University of Basel, the University of Vienna and the University of Leipzig . He also teaches as a high school teacher at the Max-Planck-Gymnasium Böblingen . Thüry is also involved in adult education and teacher training. Since 2000 he has designed and organized a double-digit number of exhibitions in Austria, Germany and Hungary. His publications range from textbooks to popular science publications and specialist articles. He has reconstructed two gardens in the Carnuntum Archeology Park . In 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel.

Fonts

  • About the life and state of the Romans. An expertise for Latin lessons , Schöningh, Paderborn 1988 ISBN 3-506-10600-7
  • The roots of our environmental crisis and the Greco-Roman antiquity , Müller, Salzburg 1995 ISBN 3-7013-0910-8
  • Condimenta. Spice plants in cooking and baking recipes from Roman antiquity , Spann, Herrsching 1999 (Roman kitchen plants, vol. 1) ISBN 3-929280-15-9
  • Garbage and marble pillars. Settlement hygiene in Roman antiquity , von Zabern, Mainz 2001 ( Zabern's illustrated books on archeology / special issue of the ancient world ) ISBN 3-8053-2675-0
  • Vita Carnuntina. From the cradle to the grave: stages of a Roman's life. Accompanying book and catalog of the exhibition of the same name in the Carnuntum Archaeological Park , Spann, Herrsching 2003 (Carnuntiner Parkhefte, Vol. 1) ISBN 3-929280-22-1
  • Culinary delights from the Roman foothills of the Alps , Magistrate of the state capital and Nordico - Museum of the City of Linz, Linz 2007 (Linzer Archäologische Forschungen. Sonderhefte, Vol. 39) ISBN 978-3-85484-587-4
  • The ancient coin as a found object. Categories of numismatic finds and their interpretation , Archaeopress Archeology, Oxford 2016 ISBN 978-1-78491-415-8

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personal data
SURNAME Thüry, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thüry, Günther Emerich (full name); Thüry, Günther E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Provincial Roman Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna