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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

Arthur Evans, the Palace of Minos at Knossos & the Dawn of European Civilization

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 5:30pm

Location:
Kresge Hall 2-380, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL
United States

Lecturer: John Papadopoulos

Abstract: Arthur Evans, the Palace of Minos at Knossos, and the Dawn of European Civilization

Boegehold Lecture

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

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

The Neolithic of Jordan: From Mega-sites to Elaborate Villages

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Location:
Oriental Institute
1155 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
United States

Lecturer: Alan H. Simmons

Abstract: The Neolithic of Jordan: From Mega-sites to Elaborate Villages

Contact:
AIA

Anu-Belshunu, Astronomer and Scribe of Uruk

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 6:00pm

Location:
Adler Planetarium
1300 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60605
United States

Lecturer: John Steele

Abstract: Anu-Belshunu, Astronomer and Scribe of Uruk

Webster Lecture

Contact:
AIA

Phrasikleia and the Merenda Kouros: Beauty, Victory, Death, and Marriage in Archaic Athens

Sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 6:00pm

Location:
National Hellenic Museum
Chicago, IL
United States

Lecturer: Susan Rotroff

Abstract: Phrasikleia and the Merenda Kouros: Beauty, Victory, Death, and Marriage in Archaic Athens

Norton Lecture

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

Astronomy, Space, and Time in Medieval Churches

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 6:00pm

Location:
Adler Planetarium
Chicago, IL
United States

Lecturer: Stephen McCluskey

Abstract: Astronomy, Space, and Time in Medieval Churches

Webster Lecture

Ozymandias in Ararat: The Cities of the Near East's Least Known Great Monarch

AIA Society Event: Chicago

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Location:
Oriental Institute
Chicago, IL
United States

Lecturer: Paul Zimansky

Abstract: Ozymandias in Ararat: The Cities of the Near East's Least Known Great Monarch

Ingholt Lecture

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