Est. MMXVI
BCE PORTRAITS
Currently the growing Brick Classicists Empire or BCE (previously Lego Classicists) consists of over 100 figures including Prof. Dame Mary Beard (Cambridge University and TV broadcaster), Stephen Fry (actor, TV broadcaster and author), Prof. Massimo Osanna (Director General of Museums, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italy), Prof. Dimitrios Pandermelis (Director, Acropolis Museum), Joanna Lumley (actor and TV broadcaster), Barack Obama (44th President of the United States of America), Dr. Kara Cooney (Egyptologist and TV broadcaster), Prof. John Bennet (Director, British School at Athens), Raksha Dave (archaeologist and TV broadcaster) and Bettany Hughes (author and TV broadcaster). See full list below.
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Brick Classicist
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Anyone who is an academic, scholar, conservator, archivist, librarian, historian who works in the study of classics (the ancient worlds of Greece & Rome, traditional classics).
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Anyone who deals with any other serious study of the ancient world of any other civilization across the world, such as
Egyptology.
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Honorary Brick Classicist
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Anyone who works in the discipline of history (ancient and modern) who is promoting the wider use of the recording and use of history and ancient history and language teachers outside of tertiary education.
Anyone, including people outside the discipline of ancient and modern history, such as artists, who have shown great interest in, or provided a significant new perspective to, the study or understanding of ancient history.
Honorable Mention Brick Classicist
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Anyone who has had a connection to the work of ancient world study and engagement, even when their work is seemingly unconnected, but without whose help it would not be possible.
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BCE Portraits Categories
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I developed these guidelines after the first year of making LEGO portraits when it became clear that this project would continue to grow​
2016
Dr. Tom Hillard
Michael Turner
Prof. Alanna Nobbs
Emeritus Prof. Edwin Judge
Dr. Mark Stephens
Karl Van Dyke
Philippa Medcalf
A/Prof. Ian Plant
Sir Charles Nicholson
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Candace Richards
Prof. Christopher Smith
Ian Debenham
Stuart Greene
Miss Lilli
Dr. James Fraser
Adam Savage
Dr. Bruce Marshall
Greg Mackie
Paul McDermott
Karyn Young
Dr. Melanie Pitkin
Penny Walker
Alessandra Giovenco
Valerie Scott
Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Anthony Gibbin
Lynette Jensen
Raina Kim (Hee-Kyong Kim)
Kevin Sumption
Dr. Craig Barker
Therese (Terry) Kelty
Dr. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney
Susie Kissajukian
Louis Kissajukian
Prof. Ray Laurence
Bob Carr
Prof Lloyd Weeks
Prof. Greg Horsley
Dr. Bronwyn Hopwood
Prof. John Bennet
Prof. Massimo Osanna
Prof. Matthew Trundle
Penelope (Penny) Edwell
Louis Leeves
Will Cullen
Richard Fidler
Adrienne Luce
Thomas Hope
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2017
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Dr. Timothy Potts
Prof. Mary Beard
Mrs Gill Andrews
Dr. Irving Finkel
Mr. Will Mather
Dr. Kristina Killgrove
Dr. Duygu Camurcuoglu
Prof. Hans R. Goette
Melissa MacCoubrey
Scott Phillips
Jonathan Dumont
Marc-Alexis Côté
Pippa Pearce
Bettany Hughes
Prof. Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Dame Kathleen Kenyon
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2018
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Saga Vanecek
Prof. Michael Scott
Dr. Robert Cowan
Prof. Teresa Morgan
Julie Inman Grant
Dr. Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta
Michael Antonakos
Melissanthi Mahut
Sir Arthur Evans
Rhianna Patrick
Dr. Peter Higgs
Prof. Koloski-Ostrow
Dr. Michael Loy
Dr. Kathryn Welch
Constantinos Vasiliadis
Dr. Donna Zuckerberg
Liam D. Jensen
Prof. Zahra Newby
Prof. Dimitrios Pandermalis
Prof. Alison Cooley
Benjamin Benita
Dr. Cora Beth Fraser
Nathan Sawaya
Agatha Christie
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2019
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A/Prof? Giacomo Pardini
Prof. Johannes (Han) Baltussen
Katrina Kelly
Barack Obama
Alessandra Randazzo
Dr. Margaret O’Hea
Dr. Samantha Masters
Cosima Carnegie
Dr. Thomas Kiely
Dr. Sam Moorhead
Dr. Hartwig Fischer
Stephen Fry
Joanna Lumley
Natalie Haynes
Raksha Dave
Terry Jones
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2020
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Dr. Darius Arya
Dr. Chau Chak Wing
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Lord Byron
Fenella Atkinson
Alexandra “Lexie” Henning
Dr. Paul Donnelly
Katali Jarefjäll
Spyridoula Magoula
Dr. Pippa Steele
A/Prof. Jane Fejfer
Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel
Prof. Nikolaos Stampolidis
Dr. Anthony Fauci OMRI
Prince Philip
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2021
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Benita Collings
Dr. Shuxia Chen
Lascarina Bouboulina
Manto Mavrogenous
Domna Visvisi
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Prof. Rebecca Sweetman
Prof. Gonda Van Steen
Sir Richard Jebb
Albert, Prince of Wales
Francis Penrose
Eugenie Sellers Strong
Alan Wace
Humfry Payne
John Pendlebury
Jane Rabnett (Cox)
Dr. Elizabeth “Lisa” Wace French
Dr. Evangelia Kiriatzi
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