Michael Cosmopoulos: Digging Homer: The Exciting Discovery of a New Mycenaean Palace near Pylos

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 6:00pm

Location:
The Field Museum, Ward Theater
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
United States

For thousands of years the Iliad has remained the classic tale of love, honor, and war. In the past century archaeological work in major sites like Mycenae, Pylos, and Troy has helped us put Homer's epics into historical perspective and has shown that many of Homer's tales were rooted in reality.

This lecture will present the exciting discoveries at Iklaina, one of the capitals of the legendary King Nestor, who figures prominently in Greek mythology and Homer's Iliad. The excavation, situated in Messenia and funded by the National Geographic Society, has brought to light remains of a palace or mansion from the period of the Trojan War. This site represents a unique case where archaeology meets mythology and ancient texts. Moreover, the impressive find (which includes Cyclopean walls, frescoes, and Europe's oldest inscribed tablet) challenges current knowledge about the origins of states, bureaucracy, and literacy in ancient Greece.

Contact:
Mary Jane Crotty
maryjanecrotty@comcast.net
847-866-7633

Prof. Hillary Gopnick: Feasting on the High Road: The Median Palace at Godin Tepe. Eleanor Guralnick Memorial Lecture

Sponsored by AIA Chicago Society, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:
Breasted Hall, The Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
United States

Breasted Hall, The Oriental Institute

1155 E 58th Street

Chicago IL 60637

The horse-riding Medes of the Zagros Mountains of Iran

remain one of the enigmas of ancient history. They are

best known to us through the colorful anecdotes of Greek

historian Herodotus and contemporaneous Assyrian inscriptions.

The recent publication of the excavation of the

Median citadel-palace at Godin Tepe provides some new,

first-hand evidence for the way in which Median leaders Read more »

Contact:
Bruce Williams
bbwillia@uchicago.edu

Prof. Sinclair Bell: Foreign Faces: Africans and Others in Ancient Roman Art

Sponsored by AIA Chicago Society, Illinois Classical Conference, Department of Classics, The University of Chicago

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Location:
Breasted Hall, The Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
United States

Breasted Hall, The Oriental Institute 1155 E 58th Street Chicago IL 60637 How did ancient Romans understand other peoples, especially Africans? This talk surveys the evidence of Roman literture, inscriptions and especially works of art, including unpublished material from current excavations. Dr. Bell investigates the creative forms of artistic expression that Africans inspired across the empire, and suggests some possible motives for their creation.

Contact:
Bruce Williams
bbwillia@uchicago.edu

Ephesus: Harbor, City and Hinterland

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 7:30pm

Location:
Loyola University, Cuneo 002
6339 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL
United States

Lecturer: Sabine Ladstätter

Abstract: Ephesus: Harbor, City and Hinterland

Kress Lecture

Contact:
Mary Jane Crotty
maryjanecrotty@comcast.net
847-866-7633

Art, Archaeology, and Advanced Technology: The Case of the Alexander Mosaic at Pompeii

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Central IL (Urbana)

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 3:00pm

Location:
Room 62, Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium), UIUC campus
Urbana, IL
United States

Lecturer: John Dobbins

Abstract: Art, Archaeology, and Advanced Technology: The Case of the Alexander Mosaic at Pompeii

Contact:
Jane A. Goldberg
jgoldber@express.cites.uiuc.edu
217-333-3292

Music, Healing and Sacred Space in Classical Greece: A New Interpretation of the Thymele of Epidauros

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Central IL (Urbana)

Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 3:00pm

Location:
Room 62, Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium), UIUC campus
Urbana, IL
United States

Lecturer: Peter Schultz

Abstract: Music, Healing and Sacred Space in Classical Greece: A New Interpretation of the Thymele of Epidauros

Caskey Lecture

Contact:
Jane A. Goldberg
jgoldber@express.cites.uiuc.edu
217-333-3292

Neo-Assyrian Palaces: Prestige, Power and Propaganda

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Western IL (Monmouth)

Monday, September 17, 2012 - 7:30pm - Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - 7:30pm

Location:
Knox College, Room TBA
Galesburg, IL
United States

Lecturer: Amy Barron

Abstract: Neo-Assyrian Palaces: Prestige, Power and Propaganda

Contact:
Thomas J. Sienkewicz
toms@monm.edu
309-457-2371

Mythology and Iconography of Divine Kingship in Ancient Egypt

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Central IL (Urbana)

Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 3:00pm

Location:
Room 62, Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium), UIUC campus
Urbana, IL
United States

Lecturer: Lanny Bell

Abstract: Mythology and Iconography of Divine Kingship in Ancient Egypt

Contact:
Jane A. Goldberg
jgoldber@express.cites.uiuc.edu
217-333-3292

The Bold and the Beautiful: Polychroming and Gilding in Antiquity

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Western IL (Monmouth)

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 7:30pm

Location:
Science 102, Augustana College
Rock Island, IL
United States

Lecturer: Benton Kidd

Abstract: The Bold and the Beautiful: Polychroming and Gilding in Antiquity

Contact:
Thomas J. Sienkewicz
toms@monm.edu
309-457-2371

Dream Archaeology

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Western IL (Monmouth)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 7:30pm

Location:
Morgan Room of Poling Hall, Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
United States

Lecturer: William Caraher

Abstract: Dream Archaeology

Cesnola Lecture

Contact:
Thomas J. Sienkewicz
toms@monm.edu
309-457-2371

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